{"id":256717,"date":"2026-05-03T16:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256717\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:11:12","slug":"flames-tear-through-roof-of-usf-marine-science-laboratory-in-st-petersburg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256717\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames tear through roof of USF Marine Science Laboratory in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A large two-alarm fire broke out Saturday at a building on the University of South Florida\u2019s St. Petersburg campus, sending plumes of smoke into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters with the<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=St.+Petersburg+Fire+Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> St. Petersburg Fire Department<\/a> say they responded to the blaze at the USF Marine Science Lab, where flames could be seen shooting through the roof as crews worked to contain the fire.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/police-identify-persons-of-interest-in-double-shooting-near-port-st-lucie-walmart-port-st-lucie-shooting-psl-shooting-vehicle-shooting-walmart-shooting-st-lucie-west-boulevard-gunfire-report-two-men-shot-shooting-investigation-port-st-lucie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police identify person of interest in double shooting near Port St. Lucie Walmart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials say the building was safely evacuated, and no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Marine Science Laboratory building is over 80 years old and houses a wide range of high-tech labs and research tools available for students and partners from around the world, according to USF&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usf.edu\/marine-science\/research\/facilities-and-equipment\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As of Saturday night, crews said the blaze was controlled and remained on scene working to ensure no hot spots remain. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A large two-alarm fire broke out Saturday at a building on the University&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-256717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}