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School on 'radioactive' alert
28/02/2008 12:03 - (SA)
Edinburgh - Authorities sealed off a building in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Wednesday night after finding three packages inside that might contain radioactive material, an official said.
Firefighters and police placed a cordon around the three-story Regent Language Training School at about 19:00, said Jim Fraser, a group manager with the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service.
The small packages were found in a cupboard as it was being cleaned and warnings printed on them indicated they contained radioactive materials, he said in an interview with The Associated Press.
However, officials did not know what the packages contained and whether it was radioactive, he said.
No people were inside the cordoned-off building, and authorities did not evacuate other buildings in the area, Fraser said.
A radiation expert was called to the scene with the equipment needed to test the packages and find out what they contain, Fraser said.
- AP
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