Humidifier Sparks Small Fire at the White House
Associated Press
Washington —
An over- heated humidifier started a small fire at the White House on Saturday afternoon. The blaze was quickly extinguished.
An electrician doing some maintenance work in the mansion’s third- floor family quarters extinguished the flames, said Carl Meyer, a spokesman for the Secret Service.
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