No injuries reported after refrigerator catches fire, fire marshal investigating

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

No injuries were reported after a refrigerator caught fire Thursday night at a home in the 500 block of Laurel Drive in southwest Columbia.

Firefighters were called at 8:22 p.m. for a reported house fire, according to an email from Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman Skyler Clark. Crews arrived within five minutes and saw smoke coming from the home.

Firefighters saw flames coming from a refrigerator when they entered the home, the email says. The fire was quickly put out. There was light smoke damage reported on the wall behind the fridge, according to Clark.

The fire marshals battalion is investigating the origin and cause of the fire, Clark wrote.