A fire broke out in a laboratory at the Savannah site nuclear complex in South Carolina. One of the rooms at the Savannah River National Laboratory caught fire. According to WRDW television channel, citing complex management, the fire was reported at 5:39 p.m. local time, after which a state of emergency was declared at the facility. The event is described as an "unfiltered radiological release at ground level". However, no contamination was detected outside the affected facility. It is not specified which materials could enter the air and in what volume. The US Federal Aviation Administration imposed a temporary restriction on flights over the compound and the surrounding areas.

A fire broke out in a laboratory at the Savannah site nuclear complex in South Carolina. One of the rooms at the Savannah River National Laboratory caught fire. According to WRDW television channel, citing complex management, the fire was reported at 5:39 p.m. local time, after which a state of emergency was declared at the facility. The event is described as an "unfiltered radiological release at ground level". However, no contamination was detected outside the affected facility. It is not specified which materials could enter the air and in what volume. The US Federal Aviation Administration imposed a temporary restriction on flights over the compound and the surrounding areas.