Illustration of a postal sorting center. - Nicolas Messyasz / SIPA

The powder set fire to the spirits. This Tuesday, around 9 am, firefighters were alerted to a suspicious product detected at the postal sorting center in Lesquin, near Lille, in the North. A unit specializing in the management of chemical and radiological risks visited the site.

Online ordering by an individual

Earlier in the morning, officers discovered a white powder that had escaped from an envelope. The intervention of the firefighters made it possible to remove the doubt on the composition of this suspect product.

According to the fire and rescue service (Sdis) of the North, it was a phosphorescent or fluorescent product ordered online by an individual. "The powder in question was intended to make the sneakers shine at night," explains Sdis. More fear than harm.

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