Fire breaks out at Virginia building with ASC: 5 things to know

A fire broke out at Charlottesville, Va.-based Sentara Martha Jefferson Outpatient Care Center, causing the building's ASC to shut its doors temporarily, according to Daily Progress.

Here are five things to know:

1. The fire caused nearly $268,000 in damage and the surgery center will stay closed until next week. The Outpatient Care Center is currently open.

2. Charlottesville Fire Department and Albemarle County Rescue firefighters entered the outpatient facility on June 15 after staff smelled smoke on the center's first floor. Staff evacuated the building before firefighters arrived.

3. When at the facility, the crew found a fire in the decontamination room adjacent to a surgical suite on the second floor and then called for additional help. Firefighters extinguished the fire and ventilated the building to clear the remaining smoke.

4. Combustible material located in close proximity to an appliance that malfunctioned caused the fire, according to department officials.

5. Charlottesville-based Sentara Martha Jefferson will take on the cases previously scheduled for the surgery center this week and early next week.

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