Firefighters respond to blaze on Clintons' property

Firefighters responded to a fire at the home of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, on Wednesday afternoon. The blaze occurred in a building on the property and was quickly extinguished.

Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill tweeted that the fire occurred in a building used by the Secret Service on the property. He said the fire was "small" and the Clintons were not home at the time.

There were no injuries, said Sergeant Arthur Mendoza of the New Castle Police Department. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

“Fire extinguishers were utilized to suppress the fire and members of the Chappaqua Fire Department responded and inspected the area above the fire to ensure it had been completely extinguished,” the agency said in the statement.

The Clintons purchased the five-bedroom, 5,232-square-foot home for $1.7 million in 1999. Chappaqua is about 40 miles north of New York City.