Video: Bankruptcy Building in Aberdeen Given ‘All Clear’

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ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) — The all clear has been given after a suspicious substance scare at the federal bankruptcy building in Aberdeen.

Hazardous materials crews allowed workers to return to the building just before 3 p.m. after the substance was determined to be harmless.

“It was a false alarm, but you always have to be careful,” Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell said.

A hazardous materials team from Jackson arrived at about 2 p.m. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court building on Highway 8 in Aberdeen in response to a suspicious substance call.

The building was evacuated at about 10:30 a.m. after an employee found a suspicious powder substance in an envelop which was inside another envelop. The mail room was shut down and ventilation shut off to the room to prevent exposure.