Fresno's IRS building evacuated after 'unknown substance' found

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An IRS gathering successful Fresno has been partially evacuated aft what Fresno Fire described arsenic an "unknown substance" was recovered wrong Tuesday morning.

Fresno Fire HAZMAT crews responded to the gathering successful southwest Fresno astatine astir 8 a.m. The gathering is adjacent Northpoint Drive and Fortune Avenue. Several radical were evacuated and nary injuries were reported.

According to the Fresno Fire Department, the gathering astatine 3211 S. Northpoint Drive is simply a ample installation and it is chartless however galore radical were evacuated from the site.

"A information of the gathering is inactive operating, conscionable wherever the bundle is astatine that information has been evacuated," said the Fresno Fire Department's Josh Sellers.

Fresno Fire's HAZMAT squad volition beryllium making introduction to the gathering to get a illustration of the substance to find what it is, Sellers says.

It is chartless however agelong the Fresno Fire Department and different officials volition beryllium astatine the IRS facility.

No different accusation was provided by the Fresno Fire Department. This is simply a processing story.