Hazardous material crews and the FBI were both called to an IRS office in Ogden, Utah, about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City. The crews were sent at 11 AM on Monday because of a suspicious package that was delivered to the office. The package left one worker leaving the building on a stretcher while others had to be placed in decontamination showers as a precautionary measure. The package allegedly contained a substance similar to white powder, and it was found inside an envelope that appeared to contain a letter or tax return.
The IRS said in a statement, “A local Haz-Mat team was dispatched and standard procedures for responding to such an incident were implemented. At this point we cannot provide additional details because we are continuing to assess the situation.”
There are rumors that the substance has not been deemed hazardous yet, but reports have not been finalized.
This is the second attack on an IRS office in recent weeks. In Austin, Texas, a man who had been feuding with the IRS crashed his small private plane into the building. The man was said to be in a dispute with the agency that had lasted several years.

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