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Emergency services are currently on the scene battling the blaze, which appears to have originated in the West Wing around 11:45 AM<\/p>\n<p>In a surreal and chaotic scene that has gripped the nation, the White House was consumed by a massive fire earlier today, with thick black smoke billowing<\/p>\n<p>into the skies above Washington, D.C. 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