Fire Department Responds To Activated Alarm At Union Station

The District of Columbia Fire Department responded to an activated fire alarm at Union Station Saturday afternoon, fire officials said. No emergency was found at the station and the fire department cleared the scene soon after they were called.

Fire officials responded to the station at about 3:40 p.m. and had left the scene by 4 p.m., a spokesperson told Patch. The D.C. police said they did not respond to the scene.

Images posted to social media show crowds of people outside of the station as the fire department responded to the fire alarm.

No one was injured.

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