Crews were called to put out a fire in this bush, which caused Fraser Hall to temporarily be evacuated on Monday afternoon.

One Kansas University building was evacuated briefly Monday afternoon for an outside fire.

At 3:04 p.m. a fire was reported along the outer walls of Fraser Hall, said Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Division Chief Lyle Schwartz.

“It was just two or three evergreen bushes that burned on the outside of the building, it didn’t extend to the building or anything,” he said. “It looked like a discarded cigarette caused it.”

The building was evacuated as the fire was reported, but firefighters quickly extinguished the flames and everyone was allowed back inside again.

No injuries were reported during the fire and the building was not damaged, Schwartz said.

A burn ban has been in effect for Douglas County with the National Weather Service’s rangeland danger rating at “extreme.”