Suspicious Powder, Sick Employees Closes Area Wells Fargo Branch

BALDWIN PARK/EL MONTE, CA — Two patients were sent to the hospital today following the discovery of "white powder" found at an El Monte Wells Fargo.

The fourth floor of a Wells Fargo bank building at 3400 Flair Drive in El Monte was evacuated due to a suspicious white powder discovered inside an envelope at the bank branch, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

A total of seven patients from inside the bank building were "evaluated and (were) non-symptomatic,'' the fire department said. Two of the seven were transported for evaluation, the county fire department reported.

A hazardous materials team has been sent to the location. It was not immediately known if the powder was toxic, according to the fire department.

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