College Station and Bryan firefighters were on the Texas A&M campus Christmas night in response to alarms at the Dwight Look engineering building.
According to university police, students working in a second floor lab room told officers a piece of equipment used in the lab caught fire.
There were no reports of any injuries.
Firefighters from College Station and Bryan responded with a combined 31 people and 11 pieces of equipment.
CSFD reported minimal damage.