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Fire crews fight blaze at Clintons’ residence in upstate New York Fire crews fight blaze at Clintons’ residence in upstate New York
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Firefighters were called to a property owned by Bill and Hillary Clinton Wednesday afternoon after a blaze broke out in one of the bedrooms. Firefighters were called to a property owned by Bill and Hillary Clinton Wednesday afternoon after a blaze broke out in a Secret Service building behind their home.
The fire reportedly started at the couple’s Chappaqua residence sometime before 3pm local time. It was said to have been extinguished quickly. There was no indication as to what may have caused the fire or whether either of the Clintons were home at the time.
An ambulance was called to the scene but reportedly left without anyone inside. The house, which the couple purchased in 1999 when Bill Clinton was still US president, boasts five bedrooms and a pool on its 1.1-acre plot. In 2016, Hillary Clinton bought the property next door for a reported $1.16 million. Chappaqua is in Westchester County in upstate New York, around 40 miles from Manhattan. The fire started at the couple’s Chappaqua residence about 2:40pm local time on the second floor of a Secret Service structure behind the Clintons' home, an agency's spokesman told Fox News.
The Clintons were not at home at the time of the incident, Nick Merrill, a Clinton spokesperson said on Twitter, confirming that the blaze started in a "building not connected to their home."
“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 Secret Service said in their statement, as quoted by Reuters.
While an ambulance was called to the scene, it reportedly left without anyone inside. There were no injuries, confirmed Sergeant Arthur Mendoza of the New Castle Police Department, adding that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Naturally netizens had a field day with the news, with many suggesting the house fire was a cunning ruse designed to dispose of evidence related to the former US Secretary of State’s perceived misdeeds.Naturally netizens had a field day with the news, with many suggesting the house fire was a cunning ruse designed to dispose of evidence related to the former US Secretary of State’s perceived misdeeds.