Phoenix Police are investigating a 'suspicious item' found near 1st and Washington streets Tuesday afternoon.
It was found in the mailroom of a law office around 11 a.m. on June 20 by an employee who reportedly opened a package and saw an unknown substance inside.
Firefighters were called to the 18th floor of the downtown Phoenix building. They evacuated everyone on the floor as a precaution. "Hazardous material teams are reporting back that this not dangerous or harmful at all," said Phoenix Fire Capt. Todd Keller."This is pretty big. When something like this happens, we want to take all precautionary measures and make sure that everyone is safe and everything checks out," Keller said.
Phoenix Fire says 19 people were evacuated and assessed. None of them required transportation to the hospital.The Phoenix Police Department is investigating.
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