A two-alarm fire erupted inside a lab at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg on Saturday, and video shows green flames coming out of the building.
The blaze at the university’s Marine Science Laboratory was reported when a witness saw the flames from outside, according to Fox 13.
Approximately 200 firefighters and multiple units rushed to the scene to quell the blaze and St. Petersburg Fire District Chief Michael Lewis told the outlet on Saturday crews would monitor the scene overnight.
“We are just mopping up some hotspots. We are going through and confirming all of the hazardous materials that were on scene. This is going to be a very extensive process to go through, confirm that there is no active fire impinging upon any of the hazardous materials,” he explained.
Video footage showed green flames coming out of the building’s roof as alarms went off:
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