India, Oct. 29 -- A "radiological release" triggered a "site area emergency" response at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, Wednesday evening, October 28. News 12 was told that it is not a danger to the public outside the vast SRS border,

SRS reportedly explained that it was a fire in a single room at Savannah River National Laboratory. It was reported at 5:39 p.m., and there was "an unfiltered ground-level radiological release." The fire was subsequently extinguished.

The dispatch and a news release from SRS said that there was no indication of contamination beyond the site's boundaries.

Savannah River Site shared on Facebook that a "fire was reported at the Savannah River National Laboratory but ...