Sen. Chris Murphy and Sen. Richard Blumenthal are among the lawmakers whose offices were sent letters containing suspicious substances as federal authorities investigate similar mailings sent to congressional and election offices nationwide.
Deputy Fire Chief Kenneth Kowal told NBC Connecticut that their dispatch received a report of a suspicious envelope with an unknown substance at Blumenthal’s Hartford office.
First responders from the Hartford Fire and Police Departments, as well as the bomb squad, arrived.
Kowal said the office it was mailed to did a good job containing the substance, and it never made it to Blumenthal’s office and there was no exposure to anyone.
NBC Connecticut has reached out to Blumenthal’s office but has not heard back at this time.
A letter with a suspicious substance was sent to Murphy’s Hartford office but was intercepted, according to Josh Sorbe, a spokesperson for the Connecticut senator.
Murphy’s office was notified of the letter by the FBI, SAA, and U.S. Capitol Police, Sorbe said.
Sorbe said Murphy and his staff were not in immediate danger.
Murphy’s office is continuing to work closely with authorities as the investigation continues, according to Sorbe.
The incident comes as the FBI, U.S. Capitol Police, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are “investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to various addresses nationwide, including Secretary of State offices and their related election offices,” according to the FBI.
Murphy is currently in Tennessee campaigning for other races.
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