BREAKING: @cotfire HazMat team is responding to an incident at the Koger Center, which houses state offices, in #Tallahassee.
BREAKING: @cotfire HazMat team is responding to an incident at the Koger Center, which houses state offices, in #Tallahassee.-- WCTV
@WCTV looks like its at the Forrest Building in the Koger Center #tallahassee
TFD hazmat team responding to another call at Koger Center in #tallahassee @WCTV http://t.co/o7omHHXQeW
TFD hazmat team responding to another call at Koger Center in #tallahassee @WCTV http://t.co/o7omHHXQeW-- Matt Galka
According to WCTV reporter Matt Galka, portions of the building are being evacuated of employees investigate the suspicious letter.
TFD: 5 people quarantined. Suspicious white powder found on an envelope. All 5 work for Automated Health Systems @WCTV
TFD: 5 people quarantined. Suspicious white powder found on an envelope. All 5 work for Automated Health Systems @WCTV-- Matt Galka
In an identical incident Monday, seven employees were also quarantined and some 1,500 employees evacuated from Tallahassee's Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles building after the facility received a letter claiming to have anthrax powder, according to ABCActionNews.com.
The Tallahassee Democrat reported TFD spokesperson Lt. Mike Bellamy says it is not yet known if the incident is related to Monday's incident.
Authorities are in contact with the five people who have taken a picture of the substance and sent it to authorities. There are no reports of adverse effects to the substance.
TFD responding to 'suspicious substance' found at Koger Center
tallahassee.com
Two hundred employees were evacuated from the Forest Building of the Koger Center on Centerview Drive after employees discovered a suspicious white powder on the outside of a letter."
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