No injuries were reported after a cotton gin caught fire Thursday evening, according to Harlingen’s fire chief.

Crews responded to the fire at the cotton gin near Wilson Road and the expressway shortly after 5:30 p.m., Harlingen fire Chief Rafael Balderas said.

“There was a hydraulic leak on one of the machines, it caught fire and it also caught a couple of cotton bales on fire,” Balderas said. “The cotton itself dissipated pretty quickly after we started putting water in the fire.”

Firefighters spent an hour putting out the fire, Balderas added.