Texas Tech University sent students on an early spring break after spurts of green flames shot out from manholes on campus on Wednesday night. The source was an explosion at a substation that caused widespread outages across campus and the university's Health Sciences Center.

An explosion at a substation at Texas Tech University caused power outages Wednesday evening, according to a TechAlert. Authorities said the explosion happened inside a manhole at the campus’ Engineering Key.

Wild videos are going viral of a manhole explosion at Texas Tech! Green flames shot out of the ground, causing an evacuation and early spring break. See the shocking footage and get the latest updates.