Three Post Office Employees Sickened By Unknown Substance

A Solano County hazardous materials team is investigating what
sickened three people at a Vallejo post office this morning.

    A mail carrier, a clerk and a customer exited the building around
11:10 a.m. after their eyes, ears, noses and throats became irritated and
they began coughing, Vallejo Fire Department firefighter and paramedic Arthur Gonzales said this afternoon.

    As a precaution, the fire department closed two blocks in each
direction around the post office and issued a shelter-in-place order,
Gonzales said.

    The three people with symptoms were treated at the scene, Gonzales
said.

    "This is a static incident. There was no release, spill or open
package," Gonzales said.

    The Solano County Environmental Health Services Division's
hazardous materials response team arrived around 2 p.m. and is searching the building for the source of the irritant, Gonzales said.