Participants in the dress rehearsal for Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony on the steps of the Capitol were evacuated for safety reasons.
The US media reported it.
The entire Capitol Hill area, where the US Congress is based, has been placed in lockdown following the security alarm.
According to the first reconstructions, the alarm was caused by a fire in the vicinity.
"No threats to the public".
This was stated by the Secret Service after the lockdown of Capitol Hill, the area where the American Congress is based, and the evacuation of participants in the dress rehearsal for the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden, on the steps of the Capitol.