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Published February 24, 2016
Employees inside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Alameda, Calif., were quarantined Wednesday after a worker fell ill after opening a suspicious envelope.
Emergency crews quarantined about 20 employees who were in the vicinity of the envelope, KTVU.com reported.
Initial reports cited the presence of a powdery substance inside the envelope. A responding Hazmat team did not find any evidence of the substance.
The incident occurred at about 2:43 p.m. local time. Two other employees also suffered a bad reaction and were treated at the scene.
The quarantine was lifted around 3:30 p.m, KTVU reported.
CBP officials said it was unknown whether the employee's illness was caused by the envelope in question.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-us-customs-and-border-protection-office-temporarily-quarantined-over-suspicious-envelope