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SECOND UPDATE: Suspicious Powder Substance Closes Street in Eureka
- HCSO
- Emergency crews respond to powder substance found near entrance of the courthouse.
The Humboldt Court Clerk’s Office will be closed for the rest of the day due to “public safety concerns” after a white substance was found on the outside door this morning, according to a release.
Read more about the closure here.
UPDATE:
Michelle Bishop, an employee at the courthouse, sent Redheaded Blackbelt the following pictures of the scene where a suspicious powder was found this morning, shutting down I Street. She said that Hazmat is on the scene and has closed down the courthouse lobby. “We may be able to open [later] today but it is unknown at this time.”
- Courtesy of Michelle Bishop
- A Hazmat suit protects personnel outside of the Courthouse Clerk’s Lobby as seen from inside the lobby.
- Courtesy of Michelle Bishop
- Emergency crews at the I Street side of the courthouse, where a suspicious powder was found.
PREVIOUS:
The discovery of a “suspicious powder substance” near the entrance to the county court clerk’s office has I Street between Fourth and Fifth streets shut down, according to a tweet from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials are asking the public to avoid the area.
#happeningnow A suspicious powder substance was discovered near the entrance to the county Court Clerks Office. I Street between 4th and 5th Streets in Eureka shut down as emergency crews work to determine what the substance is. Please avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/nuxIvq4FAO
— Humboldt County Sheriff (@HumCoSO) October 29, 2018
Tweet from the HCSO:
#happeningnow A suspicious powder substance was discovered near the entrance to the county Court Clerks Office. I Street between 4th and 5th Streets in Eureka shut down as emergency crews work to determine what the substance is. Please avoid the area.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the courthouse office impacted.
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