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# UC Berkeley gas leak: Officials issue 'all clear' advisory
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/12/17/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-gas-leak-local-streets-closed/
- Published: 2025-12-17T17:14:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-17T18:37:25.000Z
- Description: Update, 9:45 a.m. "PG&E has resolved the issue and all lanes of traffic are now open," UC Berkeley has announced.
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: UC Berkeley, Downtown, Berkeley Fire, #articles

Authorities are investigating a gas leak Wednesday morning at [UC Berkeley](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/uc-berkeley-crime/) that has closed multiple streets downtown and south of campus.

Campus officials said Bancroft Way is closed from Dana Street to Shattuck Avenue; Oxford and Fulton streets are closed from Allston Way to Durant Avenue; and Ellsworth Street is closed from Durant Avenue to Bancroft Way.

**Scroll down for updates to the story.**

UC Berkeley [announced the street closures](https://berkeley.apparmor.com/notifications/CAP/?id=225501&t=605698822&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) just before 8:45 a.m., about 30 minutes after [announcing the reported gas leak](https://berkeley.apparmor.com/notifications/CAP/?id=225495&t=605692944&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) on the west side of Edwards Track, between Allston Way and Bancroft Way along Oxford and Fulton streets.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-17-at-9.25.01---AM.jpg)

Downtown and Southside Berkeley street closures. **Google Maps/The Berkeley Scanner*

**Update, 9:45 a.m.** "PG&E has resolved the issue and all lanes of traffic are now open," UC Berkeley officials have announced after a gas leak that closed several local streets Wednesday morning. 

They issued the ["all clear" advisory](https://berkeley.apparmor.com/notifications/CAP/?id=225514&t=605855116&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) at 9:45 a.m.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2025/12/8B64470C-6560-44DE-AAC9-CF56FB9ADF7B.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2025/12/965647F9-6AC4-41AD-9F82-C2EE808069E0.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2025/12/DB30D60E-8073-4CA7-930B-1E2163A84797.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2025/12/21FA500C-D865-46D3-BA30-B85BC978FDAE.jpg)

Authorities investigate a gas leak at UC Berkeley on Wednesday morning. [**Scanner Insider*](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/support/#become-a-scanner-insider-by-sharing-tips)

**Update, 10:30 a.m.** We've added reader photographs to the story.

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