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Smoke Seen Billowing From Russian Consulate in San Francisco

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Ahead of a deadline for the consulate to close on Saturday.

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Stephen Lam / Reuters

Black smoke has been seen pouring out from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco on Friday, just a day after the Trump administration ordered for it to be closed. The consulate's workers are reportedly hurrying to shut down the consulate, one of Russia's oldest in the United States, before Saturday. One Associated Press reporter overheard people from inside the building tell firefighters that consulate staffers were burning unidentified items in a fireplace.

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