A fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory near Aiken, South Carolina, prompted a Site Area Emergency on Wednesday evening; the fire was later extinguished and one employee was hospitalized with minor injuries, officials said.
The Department of Energy told Fox News the emergency was declared at 5:39 p.m. The Washington Examiner reported it was declared shortly after 5:30 p.m. Officials said there was no indication of contamination beyond the Savannah River Site’s boundaries. A DOE spokesperson told Fox News that no radiological contamination had been reported.
The Savannah River Site is a federal nuclear complex in South Carolina. The reports did not provide further details about the cause of the fire or the employee’s condition.