A University Police Department officer said at 3:10 p.m., the master control room, technical operations room 1705 of Buzzard Hall, called to report smoke.

The master control room operator inside called because of smoke from around the air conditioner or back panel, the officer said.

Firefighters told the UPD to call electricians and the environmental control, because the problem might have been the air conditioning, the UPD officer said.

Tara Balkan, master control operator for WEIU, said about 3 p.m., her and Brent Brown, the master control operator working before her, smelled smoke.

Brown went to check electrical wires when he saw the back room filled with smoke, Balkan said. The UPD and the Charleston Fire Department arrived on the scene.

The building was evacuated while the problem was resolved.

Balkan said she was told the problem resulted from insulation in the air conditioner.

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