Mail containing white powder evacuates R.I. school district’s office
The office was evacuated for about five hours.
After bringing personal mail to work, an employee of the Bristol-Warren Regional School District in Rhode Island discovered white powder on it. This caused the district’s administration building to be shut down for about five hours.
Police were called to the building at 151 State St. in Bristol at 11:24 a.m. Wednesday, according to The Providence Journal. The building was evacuated by school officials, and the Bristol Fire Department responded. Two hazmat teams – one each from North and East Providence – took the letter out of the building. An initial test found the powder wasn’t harmful, but some of it was sent off to the Rhode Island Health Department for more testing.
Authorities said the employee had received the letter at home sometime before bringing it to the building. No one became ill as a result of exposure, and the building reopened around 5 p.m., the newspaper said.
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