Washington DC, Jan. 18 -- : Ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration day, the US Capitol Hill on Monday went into a temporary lockdown after a fire broke out under a nearby bridge.
The US Secret Service informed that the fire that prompted the lockdown was extinguished and there is no threat to the public.
"Public safety and law enforcement responded to a small fire in the area of 1st and F streets SE, Washington, D.C. that has been extinguished. Out of an abundance of caution the U.S. Capitol complex was temporarily shutdown. There is no threat to the public," US Secret Service tweeted.
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