NEW YORK (AP) A fire official says that a white powder found
at Ellis Island in New York Harbor is harmless.
Jersey City fire official Armando Roman says a hazardous
materials team responded to a call of a suspicious powder at the
island's immigration museum on Saturday afternoon.
The museum was evacuated for about an hour and a half as the
team investigated.
The director of Jersey City's Fire and Emergency Services
Department says they haven't yet determined what the powder is.
Spokespeople for the National Parks Service did not immediately
return phone calls.
From 1892 to 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the
U.S. through Ellis Island.
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