Firefighters extinguish small fire at
Clintons' property in Chappaqua, New York
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[January 04, 2018]
By Chris Kenning
(Reuters) - A small fire broke out on
Wednesday at a structure used by the Secret Service behind the home of
former President Bill Clinton and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, the agency said. |
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Police vehicles are seen outside the home of former U.S. President Bill
Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
after firefighters were called to put out a fire at the property in
Chappaqua, New York, U.S., January 3, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar |
The
Clintons were not home at the time and the fire was
extinguished, the agency said in a statement provided to
Reuters. It said that at about 2:40 p.m., a Secret Service
employee reported that a fire was burning in the ceiling of the
second floor.
There were no injuries, said Sergeant Arthur Mendoza of the New
Castle Police Department. The cause of the fire was not
immediately clear.
"Fire extinguishers were utilized to suppress the fire and
members of the Chappaqua Fire Department responded and inspected
the area above the fire to ensure it had been completely
extinguished," the agency said in the statement.
The Clintons purchased the five-bedroom, 5,232-square-foot
(486-square-metre) home for $1.7 million in 1999, the Journal
News reported. Chappaqua is about 40 miles (64 km) north of New
York City.
(Reporting by Chris Kenning in Chicago; Editing by Jonathan
Oatis and Peter Cooney)
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