Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to Planta at 4910 Elm Street in Bethesda Saturday for a reported building fire.
According to MCFRS, crews found an extinguished flash fire on a stove in the restaurant’s kitchen. No smoke or fire extension was found, and no injuries were reported. The utility company was notified, and MCFRS began reducing its presence at the scene.

Outrage has erupted among health experts over news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still eager to fund a widely condemned vaccine trial that would expose newborns in Guinea-Bissau to hepatitis B, putting them at high risk of a lifelong infection, which can lead to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and premature death.

The trial was suspended in January after its unethical design came to light and drew international outcry. Although the trial is still halted, staff of the CDC director's office told the agency's budget office in late September to set aside $1.6 million to fund the trial, according to a report by Rolling Stone. The money was to be pulled from funding for the CDC's global health security programs, which might otherwise go toward efforts like combating the Ebola outbreak currently raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, did not respond to a request for comment from Ars Technica.

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