Fire at FBI Headquarters Forces Evacuation

Behind closed doors, in meetings at the Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters, things on occasion have been known to get a little heated. But Tuesday afternoon things got way too hot.

By Clarence Williams
Washington Post Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — A boiler room fire at FBI headquarters in downtown Washington led to an evacuation this afternoon, D.C. fire officials said.
The fire department was called at 4:15 p.m. to the garage of the headquarters, off Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Firefighters found a utility room on the garage level was fully engulfed in flames. The blaze was extinguished within 15 minutes, officials said.
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