Small fire at state office building near Capitol

by Tom Weber, Minnesota Public Radio

St. Paul, Minn. — There was a small fire Friday morning in a state office building about a block from the Capitol.

It happened in the kitchen of the Centennial Building.

A fire department official says a washer in the kitchen caught fire and created a lot of smoke, but sprinklers helped put out most of the flames.

No one was hurt, and the building is open Friday.

The Centennial houses offices for a number of state agencies, including the Department of Finance.