No injuries reported in electrical fire at lab in southeast Columbia

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

No injuries were reported after an accidental electrical fire occurred Friday at a lab in the 4000 block of Discovery Parkway, a Columbia Fire Department social media post says.

Firefighters were called at 4:58 p.m. to a fire inside the building. Employees were evacuating when firefighters arrived. Smoke was seen coming from the building.

The fire was brought under control within 30 minutes, the post says.

The post says damage was limited to “to a device inside a single laboratory room.”