A UC Berkeley employee accidentally triggered a fire alarm in Hildebrand Hall Thursday afternoon.
The employee, Roy Washington, was maneuvering a forklift which was lifting a metal recycling bin when it accidentally hit the fire alarm.
Joey Brenner, a laboratory machinist on the scene, said occupants in Hildebrand Hall evacuated once the alarm sounded.
“They’re planning on putting a shield around the (fire alarm) or moving it,” Washington said.
UCPD could not be reached but witnesses at the scene said that the accident placed no real threat to occupants in Hildebrand and people were allowed to reenter the building soon after.
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