Acrid, black smoke has been seen pouring from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco a day after the Trump administration ordered its closure amid escalating tensions between the United States and Russia. Mindy Talamadge, a spokesperson from the San Francisco Fire Department, said the department received a call about the smoke and sent a crew to investigate but determined the smoke was coming from the chimney. San Francisco firefighters talk with workers at the Russian consulate on Friday in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Talmadge said she did not know what they were burning on a day when normally cool San Francisco temperatures had already climbed to 35 C by noon. In addition to Consul Sergey Petrov, the consulate's website showed 13 other Russian officials working at the San Francisco post.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2017 19:35 UTC