There were no injuries, said Sergeant Arthur Mendoza of the New Castle Police Department. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.New York: A small fire broke out on Wednesday at a structure used by the Secret Service behind the home of former President Bill Clinton and 2016 Democratic presidential nomineeHillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, the agency said.
The Clintons were not home at the time and the fire was extinguished, the agency said in a statement. It said that at about 2:40 p.m., a Secret Service employee reported that a fire was burning in the ceiling of the second floor.
There were no injuries, said Sergeant Arthur Mendoza of the New Castle Police Department. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
"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 agency said in the statement.
The Clintons purchased the five-bedroom, 5,232-square-foot (486-square-metre) home for $1.7 million in 1999. Chappaqua is about 40 miles (64 km) north of New York City.
