No injuries reported in Columbia apartment fire

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

No injuries were reported after an apartment caught fire Tuesday evening in the 1600 block of Amelia Street in Columbia, according to a social media post from the Columbia Fire Department.

The post says crews were called at 7:13 p.m. and found smoke showing from the second story of a two-story apartment building.

The fire was under control within 12 minutes, the post says. No one was inside the residence where the fire started.

The fire was caused by improperly discarded smoking materials, the post says.