Crime & Safety

Envelope With White Powder Found at AG's Office

Boston Fire, State Police responded to Ashburton Place building.

UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: On Twitter, Boston Fire said they responded at 1:05 p.m. Monday to the state office building for "an envelope on floor 20 with white powder in it."

Boston Fire confirmed the location was the state Attorney General's office. They said the envelope was left in place "per protocol" and there were no evacuations.

Hazmat techs from Boston Fire "used meters in area and all were negative," the department said on Twitter. The envelope was then "over-packaged" and taken to the state lab for further tests.

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Boston Fire said they "checked out" the person who opened the envelope but that person did not require treatment. They added that Massachusetts State Police will be investigating the matter further.

ORIGINAL REPORT: Massachusetts State Police and the Boston Fire Department responded to a reported hazmat situation involving an envelope with white powder at the John W. McCormack Building at 1 Ashburton Pl. Monday afternoon.

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Emergency communication reports incidated the incident took place just after 1 p.m. with an envelope at the state Attorney General's office containing a white powder.

The reports further indicated state police were taking the envelope to the state lab.

People were going in and out of the building at approximately 1:45 p.m. while state police and Boston fire personnel were working the scene. Suffolk University Police were assisting with traffic control.

The Boston Fire Hazardous Materials Response Unit was also on scene.

Just before 2 p.m., the scene was mostly cleared of police and fire units.

Patch will have more on this story as it becomes available.


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