No one was injured at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday when a small fire broke out in one of the small meeting rooms at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center.

At the time of the fire the room was being used by Vice President Dick Cheney, who was holding a special seminar to instruct Gov. Sarah Palin on the topic, ‘What Is It That the Vice President Does Every Day?‘

Witnesses, who were reluctant to give their names, said Cheney was teaching Palin the correct way to rub one’s hands together with evil glee, when Palin rubbed her hands too quickly. The excessive friction resulted in too much heat, and accidentally set fire to Palin’s copy of the syllabus, the witnesses said.

There was further drama when firefighters were briefly delayed by Cheney’s security detail. St. Paul fire chief Carl Fumé said his people were first told there was no one using the room.

“Then a Secret Service agent said the room was in use, but that no one sees the Vice President without an appointment,” said Fumé.

Firefighters were finally allowed to enter the meeting room and extinguish the fire, but only after Cheney was given time to get to his escape pod.

In related news, a Wasilla, Alaska, teen who was reportedly kidnapped at shotgun-point has been located safe in Minnesota. Friends of Levi Johnston, 18, were concerned his sudden disappearance Monday was a political abduction because he is the boyfriend of Gov. Palin’s daughter, Bristol, 17. However, Johnston turned up unharmed in St. Paul on Wednesday morning. He is attending the Republican convention before returning home.