FIRE crews from Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset were called to a house in Westbury this afternoon after a woman found a suspect chemical substance in a package.
Around 30 firefighters from Westbury, Gillingham and Trowbridge along with a specialist team from Winchester were called to Bremeridge Road after a woman opened a package delivered by Amazon and found a corrosive substance along with her expected books.
Police were also called to the scene. The substance has been taken away for testing.
A police spokesman said: "Officers were called by the ambulance service to an address in Bremeridge Road, Westbury, shortly after 2pm today to a report that a package delivered to the address had a small amount of unknown substance on it, described as white powder.
"Fire and ambulance were in attendance at the scene. The substance was tested by the fire service and found to be non-suspicious."
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