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Investigators say electrical problems likely cause of building fire

Posted at 2:03 PM, Jul 04, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-04 15:03:58-04

A two-alarm fire at the Coastal Bend Business Innovation Center last night is believed to have been caused by an electrical problem.

A passerby spotted the fire just before 7:30 p.m. in Flour Bluff.

Fire breaks out at the Coastal Bend Innovation Center building

Captain James Brown with the Corpus Christi Fire Department says crews had the fire out in less than 30 minutes.

No one was hurt, but an office and a break room were damaged.

Brown says there was no sprinkler system in the area of the fire.