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Box of rocks leads to postal evacuation

DALLAS (UPI) -- Dallas authorities said a package that sparked the evacuation of a U.S. post office bulk mail center was found to be nothing more than a box of rocks.

Dallas Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Sherrie Lopez said crews were called to the facility shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday after a worker handling a 30-pound box of "concrete-type rocks" that had cracked open reported dust and a burning sensation in his throat, the Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.

Some 700 postal workers were evacuated from the building while crews checked the box of rocks for radioactivity, flammability, biohazards and unusual pH levels. Lopez said all of the tests came back negative.

Work resumed at the bulk mail center shortly after 8 a.m., officials said.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 10/02/2008

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