The fire began at approximately 7:30 a.m. in the medical school’s pathology department and was extinguished within an hour, Palo Alto Deputy Fire Chief Catherine Capriles told the SFGate. Hazardous materials teams reportedly remained onsite after the incident.
Firefighters evacuated the area around the lab. No hospital buildings housing patients were affected and officials did not report any injuries, according to the report. Officials closed Stanford Hospital’s main entrance until 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Patients were redirected to the facility’s emergency department entrance during that time, according to the report.
The chemicals present in the lab were completely consumed by the fire and officials have not determined what materials were burned, according to CBS San Francisco. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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