Washington ( CNN ) -- An underground transformer fire about two blocks from the White House prompted evacuations of two hotels and disrupted a wedding , officials said Saturday night . Flames shot up through a sidewalk after 8 p.m. , said Pete Piringer , a spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire Department . The Willard Intercontinental and the W hotels were evacuated , and a couple of blocks were without power , Piringer said . As a precaution , a nearby wedding ceremony with hundreds of guests was relocated to the JW Marriott hotel as firefighters battled the blaze . The couple completed their ceremony at the hotel . The fire was extinguished by 9 p.m. , and power was restored by 10 p.m. No injuries were reported .
Two hotels were evacuated in downtown Washington . The fire started roughly two blocks from the White House . An underground transformer apparently caught fire . Hundreds of wedding guests were relocated .