A widespread power outage in Washington, DC and Maryland left thousands, including the president, temporarily without power.<br /><br />A fire at a power plant in Southern Maryland caused the outage, which lasted for about 10 seconds at the White House. Back up generators presumably then kicked in, according to reports.<br /><br />The University of Maryland cancelled classes for the rest of the day while fire departments across the region scrambled to rescue people trapped in elevators.<br /><br />According to a WUSA-9 report, a high voltage power surge caused the outages, which affected 2,400 customers.<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.<br /><br />Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.net<br />Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj<br />Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/<br />Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus
