Firefighters are on the scene of a chemical spill at a UAB laboratory.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service’s HAZMAT crews responded at 11:55 a.m. to the lab in the 800 block of 19th Street South. The initial report was of an acid spill with some people having trouble breathing.

BFRS Capt. Orlando Reynolds said one person is being treated for minor burns to the foot. That person is being taken to UAB Hospital.

The spill took place in the Bevill Biomedical Research Building, where the eighth floor was evacuated, according to UAB officials. The chemical – hydrochloric acide – was neutralized.

No other injuries have been reported.