A broken gas line near Rodgers Library forced The University of Alabama to evacuate three buildings and temporarily cancel classes Tuesday morning.

“A construction contractor accidently hit a gas line about 8:30,” said Cathy Andreen, UA director of media relations. “As a precaution, first responders evacuated the buildings closest to the leak.”

Students, faculty and staff were told to exit Rodgers Library, South Engineering Research Center and the Science and Engineering Complex while the leak was fixed.

Within an hour, the University sent a campuswide email warning students to stay away from the area.

Classes in the SERC and the SEC were cancelled, but resumed at 11 a.m. when the leak was stopped.

According to their Twitter, Bama Dining closed the Fresh Food Co. in the Ferguson Center around 10 a.m., but the dining hall was reopened by 11:15 a.m.

No one was injured in the leak and buildings were not damaged, Andreen said, and the broken pipe had been fixed.