Warning System Examined After Senate Gas Scare
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WASHINGTON — Capitol Police said Thursday that they were looking at their early-warning system as part of the investigation into a nerve-gas scare that forced the evacuation of a Senate office building.
Investigators have not determined whether the system malfunctioned during Wednesday evening’s scare, police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said.
An air monitor indicated a nerve agent had been detected in the Russell Senate Office Building, prompting officials to quarantine about 200 people, including at least eight senators, in a parking garage.
The all-clear came three hours later after subsequent tests for a nerve agent were negative.
No injuries were reported.
A spokesman for Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) said Thursday that contrary to a report by police Wednesday evening, Craig was not among the senators quarantined.
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