Article: Broken air intake unit sends smoke through parts of the White House's West Wing


AP Worldstream
10-17-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
An air circulation unit went on the fritz at the White House Sunday and sent smoke through parts of the West Wing.

"What happened is the air intake unit was malfunctioning and that caused the smoke," Secret Service spokeswoman Ann Roman said. "There was no evacuation."

Smoke filled several areas of the West Wing, including the White House briefing room, cubicles used by the press and offices occupied by the Bush administration's communications ...

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