{"id":162893,"date":"2025-06-06T12:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162893\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:11:11","slug":"at-least-12-injured-after-unknown-powder-found-on-package-in-dhl-centre-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162893\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 12 injured after unknown powder found on package in DHL centre in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  By&amp;nbsp<b>Euronews<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            06\/06\/2025 &#8211; 13:35 GMT+2<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/logo-euronews-grey-6-180x22.svg.svg+xml\" width=\"180\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>At least a dozen people were injured on Friday after a suspicious package was located at a DHL distribution centre in Langenzenn in southern Germany. <\/p>\n<p>Several mail centre employees reportedly came into contact with an unknown white powder through a suspicious package, local media reported. <\/p>\n<p>The mail centre staff later complained of feeling ill shortly after the package was discovered, including suffering from rashes.<\/p>\n<p>The substance was found on the outside of the parcel and allegedly caused irritation. At least eight people were hospitalised after touching the powder.<\/p>\n<p>However, a spokesperson for the regional police said this number could increase.<\/p>\n<p>This discovery prompted a response from several emergency departments including police, firefighters and hazardous materials specialists. Around 100 emergency personnel were deployed. <\/p>\n<p>Decontamination shower<\/p>\n<p>A local fire department set up a decontamination site at the scene and the distribution centre was evacuated. <\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson told local media that a so-called decontamination shower had been taken to the warehouse. <\/p>\n<p>Such a device can be used to wash off potentially hazardous substances. According to reports, 35 people have already used the shower. <\/p>\n<p>Dangerous goods specialists are examining the package, but for now, it is unclear what it contains. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the public has been asked to avoid the area until firefighters give the all-clear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By&amp;nbspEuronews Published on 06\/06\/2025 &#8211; 13:35 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT At least a dozen people were injured on Friday after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[38587,2000,299,1824,39002,68498],"class_list":{"0":"post-162893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-bavaria","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-post-office","13":"tag-suspicious-packages"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114636356687540038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}