Four injured in fire at State Department

Reuters Via Yahoo News ^ | 24 November 2012 | Chris Francescani

[Army Air Corps]

A fire broke out during routine maintenance at the U.S. State Department on Saturday, injuring four maintenance workers, officials said.

The fire began inside ductwork on the building's eighth floor at about 11 a.m. (1600 GMT) as workers were replacing insulation, State Department and fire officials said.

Workers doused the fire with hand-held extinguishers before fire department personnel arrived, District of Columbia Battalion Chief Edward Mills said.

Mills, who was one of the first responders to the scene, told Reuters TV the cause of the fire remained under investigation but did not immediately appear suspicious.

[subaru]

The offices of the secretary and all of the under secretaries are on that floor as are the diplomatic reception rooms. That said, it’s a large building and the fire could have been on one of the other corridors far away from there.

Frankly, I’m not surprised. That building is aging and not doing it very well.

[ronnie raygun]

The boss told them to get rid of the evidence.

[Cvengr]

Following recent protocol policies, dispatcher instructed maintenance workers to stand down. First responders not authorized to enter the bldg due to lack of information. Could only respond with forces already in the area.

Rogue maintenance workers were very fortunate they weren’t killed for disobedience to stand down directives given three times.

[combat_boots]

“Moreover, the paper trail (electronic and physical) goes beyond the Department of State.”

A foreign government (read ChiComs, NK, Iran, Russia or Egypt) with copies of that paper trail and electronic files of the maydays and videos—especially the ‘one that people cannot find’ of Stevens and what really heinous chit was done to him/his body—would be a perfect thing to blackmail 0ba/Jarrett with. You could do ANYTHING.