PHOENIX — One person is injured in a fire at a wastewater treatment plant in southwest Phoenix.
At around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Phoenix Fire crews were called to a facility near 91st and Southern avenues for reports of a fire.
When crews got to the scene, they found a small fire in a digester tunnel about 10 feet underground.
Officials say a contractor, a man, was taken to a hospital for treatment of superficial burns to his hands and face and is expected to recover.
As a precaution, the entire plant was temporarily evacuated.
Wastewater services and surrounding residents were not impacted
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
