Another suspicious package found at Seattle synagogue
Nov 7, 2023, 9:30 AM | Updated: 10:48 am
(Photo from KIRO 7)
(Photo from KIRO 7)
Another hazmat call at a Seattle Synagogue leaves a Jewish community in North Seattle on edge.
For 90 minutes last night, the area around 6250 43rd Avenue Northeast was evacuated as the Seattle Fire Department investigated a suspicious envelope.
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Witnesses say that the letter matched the description of another letter that was sent to a synagogue on Friday that was filled with a mysterious white powder.
“I always hope that the might of God is going to take care of us all. It’s a difficult time, we have to get with the realities, but overall I believe that people are good,” Rabbi Emeritus Sholom Ber Levitin said about the incident. “What happened, thank God, was a false alarm, but, of course, people are very concerned.”
Crews on scene in the 6200 block of 43rd Ave. NE to investigate possible hazardous substance. Avoid area.
— Seattle Fire Dept. (@SeattleFire) November 7, 2023
The fire department eventually deemed the envelope non-hazardous.
This is the fourth Jewish community in the Puget Sound area to report a hazardous substance since Friday. Two synagogues in Seward Park received a suspicious package, and a Jewish student group at the University of Washington all reported suspicious packages.
According to The Seattle Times, the FBI is now investigating the series of packages.
