No one seriously injured in Maryland blasts
Two packages exploded in the mailrooms of two Maryland state government buildings on Thursday, but no one was seriously injured, a federal law enforcement official said.
The official said one was in the mailroom of the Maryland Department of Transport facility in Hanover while the other was in a mail-handling facility in a state building in Annapolis, according to Reuters. Both buildings were evacuated.
The official said the packages detonated, erupting into smoke and flames, but that no one was hurt or seriously injured and no one was taken to the hospital.
The official said the Maryland state police was the lead agency investigating, and that the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies were assisting.
State agencies have stopped all mail delivery until an investigation is complete.