ACT Fire & Rescue crews are at the Fyshwick Mail Centre on Canberra Avenue, after an unknown substance was found in a package.
The building and staff have been isolated.
Firefighters in HAZMAT suits will be entering the building to get a sample of the substance.
It will then be tested and a further course of action determined.
Update to follow.
09:38
Five people have possibly been exposed to the unknown substance but are showing no signs of ill health.
More than 100 people have been quarantined in the building.
Update to follow.
09:54
ACT Fire & Rescue has three pumpers on site. There are also three specialist vehicles and two Commanders.
10:58
Tests on the substance found at the Fyshwick Mail Centre have revealed it is not a hazardous biological agent.
The quarantine is no longer in place.
12:53
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