(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The United States Capitol building was reopened after an evacuation earlier on Tuesday when an audible alarm was sounded, US Capitol Police said.
A Capitol Police spokeswoman said that the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, an underground complex on the Capitol grounds, was still evacuated as the cause of the alarm had not yet been determined.
No other details were immediately available on the cause for the alarm, although law enforcement and fire department officials were checking on the possibility of a fire, officials said.
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