Powder Scare Clears Office
SEVERAL WORKERS AT DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DECONTAMINATED
Posted: June 14, 2011 at 5:35 a.m.
Fayetteville firefighters explain the procedure for decontamination Monday to employees of the Department of Human Services after a suspicious substance was reportedly sent to the office in an envelope. About a dozen people had to go through the procedure.
More than a dozen employees were run through a decontamination shower Monday afternoon after an employee at a Department of Human Services office found white powder inside an envelope mailed to the state agency.
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