Employee, sprinklers put out fire at Jefferson City Sam’s Club

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A report from the Jefferson City Fire Department says the cause of a fire in a storage area of Sam’s Club on Stoneridge Parkway has not been determined.

The fire occurred Wednesday afternoon. The building was evacuated after alarms went off. No injuries were reported.

The report says that there was a fire in a battery storage area, though batteries on the scene had minimal damage that was caused mostly from exposure. There was no electricity in the area and investigators could not determine what caused the fire to ignite or the material to be used.

Staff allegedly told firefighters that they saw some people smoking in the area earlier in the day, the report says.

The report says that the automatic sprinklers contained the fire and an employee used a fire extinguisher to put it out before crews arrived.