WASHINGTON: Journalists and officials at the White House were briefly evacuated from the building late Friday, an AFP photographer at the scene reported.
President Barack Obama had departed earlier in the evening for Camp David, the presidential weekend retreat, and was not at the White House at the time.
US media reported that the evacuation was triggered by a security breach when a man succeeded in scaling the White House fence.
According to reports, security agents apprehended the individual and the evacuation ended after about an hour.
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