'Unknown substance' in packages at Austin IRS facility prompts evacuation

'Unknown substance' in packages at Austin IRS facility prompts evacuation

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department said 28 people were "exposed to a package with an unknown substance" inside a room at a southeast Austin IRS facility Friday afternoon. Austin police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the call just after 1:30 p.m., when someone called to report that an employee opened a package containing the unknown substance, exposing others nearby. Police said one person was evaluated at the sc…

Austin IRS employees exposed to 'unknown substance' from packages: APD

The IRS building in South Austin has been given the all-clear after a package with an unknown substance was found on Friday.