Lon Walls: Department Employees

Department employees: Department employees and members of the news media involved in the release of the report were allowed in the building as usual, according to Times Colonist. District of Columbia fire department spokesman Lon Walls said the fire was reported around 4:35 a.m., but the sprinkler system extinguished it before firefighters arrived. He said the cause is under investigation and WASHINGTON - An overnight fire at the Labor Department's headquarters shut the building down for most employees early Friday, but the agency's monthly employment report was released as scheduled. But all other Labor employees who were scheduled to work in the Frances Perkins building received administrative leave. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.