I wonder whose office is on the 8th floor.
Good question.
Check out the 9th Floor
Bureau of Diplomatic Security - US Department of State
www.state.gov/m/ds/career www.state.gov/careers. Or contact us directly at 571.345.3783. U.S. Department of State. 9th Floor, SA–20. 2201 C Street, NW ...
The offices of the secretary and all of the under secretaries are on that floor as are the diplomatic reception rooms. That said, it’s a large building and the fire could have been on one of the other corridors far away from there.
Frankly, I’m not surprised. That building is aging and not doing it very well.