The Super Bowl’s still a couple of days away, but things are already getting crazy:
Report of developing story: Three hotels near @MLStadium received suspicious white powder. HazMat teams and authorities on site.
— Kara Yorio (@karayorio) January 31, 2014
More from WABC:
The powder was delivered to the Econo Lodge on Washington Avenue in Carlstadt, the Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel on Rutherford Avenue in Rutherford and the Homewood Suites by Hilton on Route 17 in East Rutherford.
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Photos from the scenes:
https://twitter.com/RobNelsonABC7/status/429310071177101312
https://twitter.com/RobNelsonABC7/status/429312636220497920
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Update: Fourth NJ Hotel receives letter with white powder http://t.co/MQJ0o3XyfG
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) January 31, 2014
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7 hotels total in NJ have reported receiving white powder letters http://t.co/MQJ0o3XyfG
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) January 31, 2014
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UPDATE on NJ white powder scare: Preliminary test on substance recovered in East Rutherford indicates it is corn starch. Stay w/ @ABC7NY
— Stacey Sager (@staceysager7) January 31, 2014
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BREAKING: Initial tests indicate one of hotel letters contained corn starch http://t.co/MQJ0o3XyfG
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) January 31, 2014
Scene outside Quality Inn in Lyndhurst, NJ after white powder scare. Police Chief says, no cause for alarm. @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/dcBWXb2m4p
— Stacey Sager (@staceysager7) January 31, 2014
Update: FBI says substances in suspicious letters in New Jersey deemed non hazardous. Additional testing to come. http://t.co/MQJ0o3XyfG
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) January 31, 2014
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