2nd Suspicious Envelope sent to Seattle Newspaper

Seattle Times:

For the second day in a row, a hazardous materials team has gone to The Seattle Times after a suspicious envelope was found.

Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen says a newspaper employee was briefly isolated Tuesday afternoon, but the envelope wasn't opened and was turned over to the FBI.

On Monday, a similar envelope containing an unidentified powder and a threatening letter was found at the newspaper, also causing the hazardous materials team to respond. Vander Houwen says the material in that envelope was determined not to be hazardous.

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The Seattle Fire Department's HAZMAT team responded to The Seattle Times offices about 12:30 p.m. today after the newspaper reported another suspicious envelope containing an unidentified substance found in the mail.

The Times on its web site quotes Dana Vander Houwen, fire-department spokeswoman, as saying one employee has been isolated for possible exposure to contaminants. The man was alone in the mailroom when he found the envelope, but didn't open it. The letter was simply addressed to The Seattle Times.

Firefighters in hazmat suits were headed into the newspaper’s mailroom to assess whether the envelope posed any risk.

On Monday, a similar envelope with white powder and a threatening letter was found at the Times offices. Firefighters shut down the main entrance to the newspaper for two hours and evacuated the mailroom.