Smoke seen pouring from Russian consulate in San Francisco
By Eric Risberg
Eric Risberg, photographer, San Francisco, for his widely-used photo of smoke pouring from a chimney in the roof of the Russian consulate in San Francisco the day after the Trump administration ordered the facility shuttered. http://bit.ly/2gIWwnH
People stop to watch black smoke coming from the roof of the Consulate-General of Russia Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in San Francisco. The San Francisco Fire Department says the acrid smoke seen pouring from a chimney at the consulate was apparently from a fire burning in a fireplace, one day after the Trump administration ordered Russia to close it. – AP Photo / Eric Risberg
Black smoke rises from the roof at the Consulate-General of Russia Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in San Francisco. The U.S. on Thursday ordered Russia to shut its San Francisco consulate and close offices in Washington and New York within 48 hours in response to Russia’s decision last month to cut U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia. – AP Photo / Eric Risberg
An official at the Consulate-General of Russia tells firemen there is no problem after smoke was seen coming from the rooftop Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in San Francisco, one day after the Trump administration ordered Russia to shut the consulate. – AP Photo / Eric Risberg
