Chemicals dumped through letterbox

PARTS of Greenstead were cordoned off after an unknown chemical was dumped through a letterbox.
 

Police, fire, ambulance crews and an emergency hazard team were called to Sycamore Road, Colchester, after a white powder was poured into a home on the estate.
 

At about 7.30pm yesterday about a dozen emergency vehicles descended taping off the area and evacuating homes.
 

The powder was later identified as the type from fire extingishers, is not hazardous, and police are investigating the reasons why it was dumped into a home.
 

Anyone with information about the attack call detectives at Colchester police station on 101.

See the full story in Monday's Gazette.

Comments(8)

SOMETHING2SAY says...
2:33pm Fri 1 Feb 13

wELL...IT WOULDNT HAVE BEEN FLOUR....DOUBT ANYONE ON THE ESTATE KNOWS HOW TO BAKE !

wormshero says...
3:02pm Fri 1 Feb 13

What a daft and sweeping statement. I imagine that not only are there many people on the estate who can bake (hell, I know a few), they can probably work out caps lock too.

SOMETHING2SAY says...
3:10pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Then they must be your pals " worms"hero !

PROOFREADER says...
4:15pm Fri 1 Feb 13

SOMETHING2SAY wrote:
Then they must be your pals " worms"hero !
SOMETHING2SAY, you need to grow up!

Johnny T says...
8:00pm Fri 1 Feb 13

This is bad a dozen emergency vehicles descending on greenstead unknown white powder in a house whatever next.

itsmyopinionthatcounts says...
11:06pm Fri 1 Feb 13

i cannot believe anything like that would ever happen in Greenstead, surely not. Apparently it is a nice area according to some !

itsmyopinionthatcounts says...
11:06pm Fri 1 Feb 13

SOMETHING2SAY wrote:
wELL...IT WOULDNT HAVE BEEN FLOUR....DOUBT ANYONE ON THE ESTATE KNOWS HOW TO BAKE !
Made me laugh anyway x

jut1972 says...
9:15pm Sat 2 Feb 13

SOMETHING2SAY wrote:
wELL...IT WOULDNT HAVE BEEN FLOUR....DOUBT ANYONE ON THE ESTATE KNOWS HOW TO BAKE !
what a t w a t

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