LOS GATOS POST OFFICE CLOSED DOWN TODAY vs

A HAZMAT TEAM WAS CALLED TO THE LOS GATOS POST OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON, TO DECONTAMINATE 14 PEOPLE. AT ABOUT 11 O?CLOCK THIS MORNING POSTAL WORKERS SORTING MAIL BEGAN COMPLAINING OF A METALLIC TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH, AND SOME WERE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO BREATH, WHILE OTHERS SAW WHITE BLISTERS APPEAR ON THEIR SKIN. THE LOS GATOS POST OFFICE BUILDING WAS EVACUATED AND THE AREA WAS BLOCKED OFF. EMERGENCY DECONTAMINATION WAS INITIATED BY REMOVING AND WASHING CLOTHING. 5 OF THE EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS CHOSE TO BE TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL, COVERED WITH BLANKETS. THE LOS GATOS POST OFFICE IS NOW SHUT DOWN, AND AN INVESTIGATION IS TAKING PLACE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION.