Multiple emergency crews responded to a fire at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Wednesday.
The federal facility had all its staff—some 200 employees—evacuated in response to the fire. Some employees in adjacent buildings were also evacuated.
The Y-12 National Security Complex was built as part of the Manhattan Project, a U.S. government research project during World War II, that produced the first nuclear weapons.
“At approximately 9:15 a.m., one of the Y-12 production buildings had a fire in a [chemical handling] hood,” the Y-12 National Security Complex said in a statement on Facebook.
It said in a separate statement, “Personnel have determined the event is contained to the production building,” adding that all evacuated employees “are accounted for” and that there are “no injuries or contaminations found.”…