Fires set on Capitol Hill cause mystery
Several fires have been set in the Dirksen Senate Office building.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Authorities are investigating a series of small fires set in women's restrooms in Senate office buildings in recent days, according to the Capitol Police.
Four such fires were set Wednesday in the Senate's Dirksen and Hart office buildings, police said.
Three fires took place in the morning in separate restrooms and were extinguished by police. The D.C. Fire Department was called to the scene of the fourth fire, in the Dirksen building, Wednesday afternoon. That fire generated a lot of smoke, police said.
Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said there were no injuries and no evacuations.
Police are searching for suspects but have no hard leads, she said. "It's a work in progress."
Police added additional patrols in the office buildings and asked staff members to report any "unusual activity or behaviors that may be associated with these fires."
Authorities said they did not believe the fires intended to harm anyone.
"This would appear designed to be more of a nuisance than to endanger anyone," said Capitol Police Chief Phillip Morse.
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Wait, the fires took place in the bathrooms! Where was Larry Craig at the time?
Sounds like Larry Craig is still starting small fires in the lavatory.
Any word on what papers were being burned?
It was me!!! I was protesting the joke that is our government! Hunt me down!
I heard it was Cindy Sheehan – attempting to light a fire under Nancy Pelosi on impeachment.
Can you say Whack-o?
Hillary and Nancy got into a fire-breathing contest again...
Man our government must really suck at investigating. Who can light four fires in a Senate office building and get away with it? This has to be the stupidest thing ever, but then again look at our president.
Bush says: Tacos Rule!
Wow, what a great leader
The Capitol cafeterias are probably to blame. Freedom chili isn't free.
Papers were burned and destroyed.
Maybe we should ask where Sandy Berger was and why he destroyed them.
I see Mrs. Kerplinka's first grade class is out for the day.
Maybe someone was trying to light a fire under the Democrats' butts, and the Democrats didn't notice.
Yo, weren't you people sent to Washington to end the war?
It's merely Hell attempting to migrate to its new, official home. Nothing to see here...move along...
Hillary was burning the documents that linked campaign cash to Schoen and her silly poll numbers
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/09/2 7/schoen/
Hillary was burning the documents that linked campaign cash to Schoen and her silly poll numbers
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/09/27/schoen/
It's those hypocritical Democrats secretly smoking cigarettes in the closets that set the fire.
gotta watch that chili they serve in the cafeteria!
gotta watch that chili they serve in the cafeteria!
Posted By joseph, armada, michigan : October 3, 2007 8:07 pm
Funny Joseph, even more funny considering most of them also talk out of their butts.