Anchorage federal building evacuated for ‘hazardous materials response,’ official says

An Anchorage federal building was evacuated Tuesday afternoon for a "hazardous materials response," Anchorage Fire Department assistant chief Erich Scheunemann said.

The federal building at 222 W. Seventh Ave. was evacuated at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, Scheunemann said. Six units responded. Nobody was hurt, he said.

Scheunemann said the fire department didn't yet know what the substance was. Crews were checking the building, he said.

At 5:34 p.m., fire department personnel had wrapped up and had passed the investigation along to law enforcement, Scheunemann said.