Hazmat crews respond to suspicious package at Tantallon post office

HALIFAX -- Emergency crews are investigating after a suspicious package caused a postal worker to fall ill at a Nova Scotia post office.

Halifax Fire says, at 9:45 a.m. Friday, a worker at the Tantallon post office fell ill and vomited after opening a package outside the building.

The worker was treated by Emergency Health Services.

The other six employees working at the post office were evacuated as a precaution. A Halifax Transit bus was brought in for shelter. 

Hazmat crews isolated the package in a secure area in an effort to determine what was inside.

Nova Scotia RCMP blocked off a portion of the 12700-block of Peggys Cove Road in both directions as they investigate the package.

There’s no word on when it will reopen to traffic.

Metro Transit bus on scene for people who evacuated Peggys Cove Rd post office after suspicious package was found. Road is closed in both directions in the 12700 block, near Tantallon.@CTVAtlantic pic.twitter.com/foqJloCNK2

— Carl Pomeroy (@CarlPomeroyCTV) March 20, 2020

Fire crews cordoning off section of Peggys Cove Rd, near Tantallon, after local post office evacuated because of suspicious package. @CTVAtlantic pic.twitter.com/lqA3PGAwjc

— Carl Pomeroy (@CarlPomeroyCTV) March 20, 2020

12700 block area of Peggys Cove Rd is closed down - both directions ,after suspicious package found at local post office. HRM Hazmat on scene.@CTVAtlantic pic.twitter.com/ByMRcOxGXd

— Carl Pomeroy (@CarlPomeroyCTV) March 20, 2020