Several ambulances and emergency vehicles were spotted outside the White House on Friday. ABC News’ Selina Wang reported that multiple entrances to the complex were blocked off and the Secret Service said that ‘it is a routine closure to investigate a suspicious item’. President Joe Biden is in Delaware and VP Kamala Harris in Arizona.
According to reports, an object was producing odor outside the White House.
“The Secret Service and firefighters are investigating a suspicious object producing an odor outside the perimeter of the White House, next to the Treasury Building. This situation is still developing,” a reported said on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.
Emergency trucks just pulled up outside the White House gates Multiple entrances to the White House have been blocked off Update from U.S. Secret Service: “It is a routine closure to investigate a suspicious item.”Biden is in DE. Harris in AZ pic.twitter.com/Pe72uPPRFW
— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) August 9, 2024
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The White House has not issued a formal statement about the situation.
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Trump’s plane was diverted on its way to Bozeman, Montana, due to a mechanical issue but landed safely in nearby Billings, according to a staff member at the Billings airport. His campaign posted a video of him upon landing in which he said he was glad to be in Montana but did not mention anything about the landing.
(With agency inputs)