WASHINGTON (News Agencies) - A spectacular fire engulfed the Algerian embassy to the United States on Thursday but caused no injuries, witnesses and officials said.
The inferno blazed through the four-story building and part of a neighboring hotel in the tony Kalorama section of Washington, forcing the evacuation of the embassy, but was contained by firefighters around 2:30 pm (1930 GMT), about an hour after it was reported, they said.
The fire appeared to have started accidentally, Fire Chief Ronnie Few said.
