Campus officials at UC Berkeley have brought in temporary generators to restore power to key buildings following an outage and explosion earlier this week.
The explosion -- which prompted an evacuation -- rocked the campus at 6:30 p.m. Monday, about two hours after a power system failure, said UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof. At least four people sustained minor injuries.
Perhaps most crucial to keeping classes on schedule is the generator officials rented to restore power to Dwinelle Hall, "where hundreds of students are scheduled to take midterm exams this week," according to the UC Berkeley public affairs office.
Another generator was brought in to restore climate control for the Doe and Bancroft libraries, which officials said house vast collections, including the Mark Twain Papers and ancient Egyptian Tebtunis Papyri, among others.
