City Administration Building Evacuated Downtown
POSTED: 8:11 am PDT July 8, 2009
SAN DIEGO -- Office workers were evacuated Wednesday morning from the City Administration Building in downtown San Diego after smoke was seen coming from the high-rise, but the evacuation order was lifted when no fire was found.Reports of smoke coming from the C Street building were received shortly before 7 a.m., according to a San Diego fire-rescue dispatcher.By 7:15 a.m., firefighters had searched the building and deemed it safe for office workers, she said.The smoke appears to have originated with a heating-air conditioning system, she said.
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