The Law School was briefly evacuated on Saturday March 14th because of a fuel oil spill. According to Tracy Schario, Director of Media Relations at GW, at approximately 8:30pm, someone reported an unusual smell in Lisner Hall to the University Police Department. The D.C. Fire Department evacuated about 60 people were evacuated from Lisner Hall, Stuart Hall, Stockton Hall, and Burns Law Library.

The fire department's trucks and police cruisers cordoning off H street and 21st street while they conducted their investigation. No injuries were reported.

According to Dean Thomas Morrison, Senior Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs, officials discovered a leak in the fuel oil tanks for the emergency generator in the basement of Lisner Hall. The officials evacuated parts of the school as a safety precaution and turned the power off in order to assess the damage.

Dean Morrison said that no operations of the law school were affected because the incident occurred late at night. Additionally, the spill was minor and most of the fuel was contained by an overflow tank or spilled outside of the building, with a small amount leaking into the Lisner basement. He also noted the fuel was contained during the incident, as there was "not a lot inside the building and what was spilled outside was not great."

Dean Morrison said that the clean-up crew finished their work and all of the affected buildings were reopened by 5:00am on Sunday. The law school remains open, though some students have commented on the lingering smell of fuel in the basement study rooms in Stuart Hall.

The incident remains under investigation.