Smoke forces evacuation of White House press room

WASHINGTON –  Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room.

U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said that at about 7 a.m., smoke was seen coming from a mechanical room closet on the first floor.

And here I thought that Jay Carney’s pants had caught on fire.