St. Petersburg, FL – A large fire at a university facility in Florida caused extensive damage and prompted a significant emergency response over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Officials confirmed the blaze occurred at the University of South Florida St Petersburg campus, where the Marine Science Laboratory building was heavily damaged and later deemed a total loss. <\/p>\n
Fire crews were called to the scene after reports of flames and thick smoke coming from the structure.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the building was evacuated as crews worked to contain the fire. <\/p>\n
No injuries were reported. <\/p>\n
Multiple agencies responded, deploying dozens of units to manage the situation and prevent the fire from spreading to nearby structures.<\/p>\n
Firefighters remained on site for several hours addressing hot spots and ensuring the area was secure.<\/p>\n
Officials noted that the building housed specialized research equipment and materials, which contributed to the intensity of the fire and required additional precautions during the response.<\/p>\n
The Marine Science Laboratory played a role in research related to marine environments and coastal studies.<\/p>\n
The extent of the damage includes the loss of equipment and interior infrastructure used for scientific work.<\/p>\n
Investigators have not determined the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n
Authorities are reviewing possible factors and will continue examining the scene as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg, FL – A large fire at a university facility in Florida caused extensive damage and prompted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1579,4727,33204,1178,855,47,2795,18686,111861,111860,202,204,203,199,201,200,111859,3650,1537,111858],"class_list":["post-257886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-building","tag-campus","tag-cause","tag-damage","tag-fire","tag-fl","tag-injuries","tag-lab","tag-marine-science-lab-building","tag-science-lab","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-university-facility","tag-university-of-south-florida","tag-usf","tag-usf-marine-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257886","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=257886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}