Fire in the U.S. State Department: there are victims

Part of the agency staff had been evacuated

A small fire occurred on Saturday in the main building of the U.S. State Department. As told reporters Foreign Ministry spokesman Victoria Nuland, as a result of the incident suffered some of the technical staff.
"In the course of work on routine maintenance in-house where technical communications, on Saturday at around 11:00 local time, there was a fire. Arrived at the scene firefighters put out the fire, a few people from the service technicians injured and were taken to the hospital for care. Part State Department employees were evacuated to reserve facilities for continuing support of the authorities, "- quoted by RIA Novosti Nuland.
She added that the fire was quickly put out and the diplomats were able to return to work.
The causes of fire are under investigation.