By ELI J. LAKE WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- FBI agents, fire trucks and Emergency Medical Service Vehicles descended on the C street entrance of the State Department Wednesday following reports that a suspicious package with an unknown powdery substance was found in the building's mail-room. "A small amount of white powder was discovered on the floor of one our mail rooms," Lynn Cassel, a State Department spokesman, told reporters Wednesday. "We have no idea where it came from." Cassel said the Bureau of Administration called the Hazardous Material division of the District of Columbia city government to report the unknown substance. The woman who found the substance, Cassel said, was fine. She said there was no plan to evacuate the building, but they are investigating the incident. "We don't think it's serious, but we don't know," Cassel said. As a precaution, the State Department shut off its internal air conditioning system, but the building has not been evacuated. One woman on the sixth floor fainted. Medical procedures were being performed on a man near the C Street entrance. He was said to be near the woman and said he was feeling ill. Four ambulances, three fire trucks and FBI counter-terrorism agents were in the building to investigate. |
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