Future maybe?
After the Biden administration got all gas and diesel vehicles in Washington DC replaced with electric vehicles, a fire broke out in one of them and quickly spread to other electric vehicles. It spread so quickly that Congress and all other government offices including the FBI and DOJ were destroyed. All government employees in those facilities were laid off and will probably not be reinstated until the buildings are rebuilt .... in about 10 years.
Interesting future history. One thing, though. I’d use “furloughed with pay “ rather than “laid off.”