‘Small’ fire hits Clinton New York property

Former Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington, for the inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States.  AP FILE

NEW YORK, United States — Emergency crews extinguished a small fire on the property of former president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary in Chappaqua, New York on Wednesday, officials said.

“A small fire broke out in the @SecretService facility today on Clinton property, in a building not connected to their home,” Hillary Clinton’s spokesman Nick Merrill said on Twitter.

“The Clintons were not home. All is ok!”

A police spokesman in New Castle, a town near Chappaqua, told AFP that the call came in just before 3:00 pm (1951 GMT), the fire was put out, and there were no injuries.

“There’s still an on-scene investigation,” the police spokesman said.

The cause of the fire was not known.

The Clintons bought the five-bedroom house in 1999 when Hillary Clinton decided to run for a US Senate seat in New York, which she won in 2000. /cbb