Police said a fire was intentionally set in the basement of the historic St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., late Sunday night, but firefighters were able to quickly put the blaze out.
The church opened in 1816, and every president since James Madison has attended services there. D.C. firefighters also extinguished a fire in the lobby of the AFL-CIO building and another in a small building at Lafayette Park, across from the White House.
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