A sprinkler system is credited for keeping a lab fire in check over the weekend at the University of Missouri engineering building.

The Columbia Fire Department responded to an alarm at about 10 p.m. Saturday at 416 S. Sixth St. and found a fire sprinkler head activated in a lab room near an exhaust hood where a hot plate had been left on.

The sprinkler kept the fire from spreading, Battalion Chief Steven Sapp said in a news release, and firefighters extinguished the remaining fire and assisted in mopping up water from the sprinkler system. Water damage was miniscule compared to what fire damage could have occurred, Sapp said.

No damage estimates have been provided by the university.

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