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North side of the 1400 block West Broadway. You can see the orange-booted hazmat suits.[/caption]
At 11 a.m. emergency sirens converged on the northeast corner of West Broadway Avenue and Granville Street. Three fire and emergency response trucks -- two with ladders -- and two Hazmat Response Team trucks pulled up by the RBC building, and oodles of emergency responders piled out, some carrying orange traffic cones and others with yards of orange caution tape.
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Setting up the hazardous materials perimeter.[/caption]
Their first response was to tape off over half the north side of the 1400 block of West Broadway, but quickly their focus narrowed to something in the alley.
Whatever it is was, it may have been small. They carried in a Lucite box, the size of a large microwave, that looked as though it had gloved openings like a portable version of what you might use in a lab to manipulate something dangerous. Then two guys went in the alley wearing full hazmat suits.
At about 12:35 p.m. two responders carried the Lucite box out of the lane and put it into one of the hazmat trucks; It wasn't obvious if there was anything in the box. Then, quick as a wink, they cleaned up the tape and traffic cones and cleared out. Click the images to enlarge.
Update: According to this tweet from ScanBC they were investigating an envelope of white powder, which turned out to be cocaine.
North side of the 1400 block West Broadway. You can see the orange-booted hazmat suits.[/caption]At 11 a.m. emergency sirens converged on the northeast corner of West Broadway Avenue and Granville Street. Three fire and emergency response trucks -- two with ladders -- and two Hazmat Response Team trucks pulled up by the RBC building, and oodles of emergency responders piled out, some carrying orange traffic cones and others with yards of orange caution tape.
Big response. Big emergency?
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Setting up the hazardous materials perimeter.[/caption]Their first response was to tape off over half the north side of the 1400 block of West Broadway, but quickly their focus narrowed to something in the alley.
Whatever it is was, it may have been small. They carried in a Lucite box, the size of a large microwave, that looked as though it had gloved openings like a portable version of what you might use in a lab to manipulate something dangerous. Then two guys went in the alley wearing full hazmat suits.
At about 12:35 p.m. two responders carried the Lucite box out of the lane and put it into one of the hazmat trucks; It wasn't obvious if there was anything in the box. Then, quick as a wink, they cleaned up the tape and traffic cones and cleared out. Click the images to enlarge.
Update: According to this tweet from ScanBC they were investigating an envelope of white powder, which turned out to be cocaine.
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Whatever was happening they wouldn't let myself and my little scooter go see. Shucks!