Someone tried 'swatting' the White House. It sort of worked.

• The White House was targeted on Monday morning in an apparent "swatting" incident.
• Someone called 911 to falsely report there was a fire there and that a person was trapped. 
• Emergency units responded and the matter was quickly resolved. 

The White House on Monday morning was targeted in an apparent "swatting" incident — but the matter was quickly resolved.

Someone called 911 just after 7 a.m. to falsely report a fire at the White House and that a person was trapped inside the historic building, a spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department told Business Insider on Tuesday.