Smoke was seen Friday pouring from a chimney on the roof of the Russian consulate in San Fransisco that President Trump ordered closed by Saturday.
The Trump administration on Thursday ordered Russia to close the consulate — and annexes in Washington, D.C., and New York — in retaliation to Moscow ousting hundreds of U.S. diplomatic personnel, which was itself in response to new sanctions against Russia passed after the Kremlin’s 2016 interference in the presidential election.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says U.S. security forces plan to search the building after it is vacated.
The Associated Press reported that local firefighters were turned away by consulate officials when they arrived in response to the smoke.
Firefighters arriving at the scene were turned away by consulate officials who came from inside the building, @garanceburke reports – https://t.co/hkxSnmGusG
— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) September 1, 2017
It was more than 95 degrees in San Fransisco on Friday.
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Mysterious smoke seen rising from chimney of Russia consulate that Trump ordered closed https://t.co/oe1YihTmYD pic.twitter.com/Qf0duw3ZG5
— The Hill (@thehill) September 2, 2017
San Fran is where RIS ran spies/assets in Silicon Valley out of. Ppl thinking its closure is a slap on the wrist don't realize that.
— Counterchekist (@counterchekist) September 2, 2017
Kremlin spy base AKA "consulate" in SF been a problem for most of a century. It featured in VENONA, for pete's sake. https://t.co/gv9oRnF5iJ
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 2, 2017
Gee, wonder what was burning?
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