SECOND UPDATE: Suspicious Powder Substance Closes Street in Eureka

Emergency crews respond to powder substance found near entrance of the courthouse. Credit: HCSO

SECOND UPDATE:

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.”

A Hazmat suit protects personnel outside of the Courthouse Clerk’s Lobby as seen from inside the lobby. Credit: Courtesy of Michelle Bishop

Emergency crews at the I Street side of the courthouse, where a suspicious powder was found. Credit: Courtesy of Michelle Bishop

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.