A bit of excitement occurred at the Douglas County Jail in Stateline early Thursday night.

A fire broke out in the laundry room and was contained to that area. It caused smoke to filter throughout most of the jail. However, no inmates had to be transported away from the facility. Nor were there any injuries.

Tahoe-Douglas firefighters are investigating the cause. The amount of damage had not immediately been assessed.

“It was a fairly minor incident,” acting fire Capt. Bill Romanowitz told Lake Tahoe News. “They had a small fire in a dryer.”