Boston Fire Department companies responded to an electrical fire in a building on the Boston University medical campus on Wednesday afternoon, according to posts on X , a social media platform.

Around noon on Wednesday, the fire department confirmed there was smoke on multiple floors at 778 Harrison Ave., the address of the Housman Medical Research Center , at Boston University. A 2nd alarm was struck during the response, the fire department said.

The building was evacuated, according to the fire department.

Firefighters ultimately determined that the smoke was due to an electrical fire in the basement, which was contained to one room. No one was injured, according to a subsequent post .

“Due to smoke in the basement of R Building on the Medical Campus, the Boston Fire Department

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