People watch as fire trucks and emergency vehicles surround the Old Executive Office Building near the White House to extinguish a fire Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Washington. The blaze was believed to be on the second floor of the building near the ceremonial office of Vice President Dick Cheney.
President Bush talks with firefighters in front of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, after a fire in the building.
Vice President Dick Cheney talks with firefighters outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, after a fire in the building near his office. President Bush and Cheney stopped by to thank the firefighters who worked on the fire.
A uniformed Secret Service officer listens to his radio on the White House grounds as smoke comes from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.
Smoke billows from windows of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House Campus in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.
Firefighters emerge as smoke pours out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.
Smoke pours out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.
A firefighter can be seen as smoke billows from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.
Fire trucks line up on 17th St. in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, after responding to a fire in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, at left, on the White House Campus.
Displaced workers and passers-by stand in Lafayette Square Park, across the street from the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, during a fire in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
A woman riding a bicycle is asked to take a detour by an officer as fire trucks surround the Old Executive Office Building near the White House to extinguish a fire Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Washington.