Capitol Hill Visitors Center in Washington D.C. Evacuated

Capitol Hill Visitors Center in Washington D.C. Evacuated

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The Capitol Hill Visitors Center in Washington D.C. has been evacuated as alarms rang through the building sending staff and visitors running for exits.

There have been reports of smoke inside the Capitol Hill Visitors Center but the cause of the smoke has not been announced. Several rescue vehicles and fire trucks are on the scene at the moment.

The Capitol Hill Visitors Center was just opened last week

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This seems interesting.. Doesn't seem to be getting any time on the networks...

You would think the media would be going ape(stuff) over this to scare the populace some more.

Though it appears that it just hit the web 15 or so minutes ago, so we'll see.

False alarm??? Toaster Fire????? Or????



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New building = many possibilities.

I would check electrical glitches right off the bat. I read a brief blurb on Politico that did not mention smoke. New systems are often quirky.

Originally posted by jibeho
New building = many possibilities.

I would check electrical glitches right off the bat. I read a brief blurb on Politico that did not mention smoke. New systems are often quirky.

Not to mention that this new building was years behind schedule and should have been finished years ago. Can you imagine what kind of pressure the contractors were under to get it finished by inaguration day?

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That makes the most sense. Thing is, these days - you never know.

Great world we live in

ryan started the fire, it was always burning since the worlds been turning

seriously it could be anything from overcooking a pizza to leaving a water heater on too long

UPDATE: Everything has been cleared and apparently welding work in the CVC caused the smoke and the alarm. The CVC is preparing to reopen.
Source

Welding work................Guess it wasn't a toaster malfunction


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At least the smell of smoke masked the BO of all of the smelly tourists. Reid should be happy about that.

Oh dear,
for a second I was quite exhilerated without joyous excitement, like a child on christmas morning, I thought maybe some hackers had hacked in and sent all the nukes in the world to DC, bwahahahahah, lmao,

Ah guess I'll have to wait a bit longer.

www.11alive.com...
almost no one heard this i bet

damn hot pocket caught the microwave on fire again...