Statehouse Evacuated Briefly
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Statehouse has been evacuated.
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An Associated Press reporter in the building says fire alarms went off shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday and an automated message told everyone to leave.
It was not clear why the building was evacuated.
People were allowed back in at about 10 a.m.
A call to a Boston Fire Department spokesman was not immediately returned.
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