UPDATE: Substance prompts police to temporarily close Fountain Square Mall; turns out to be baby powder

Two teaspoons of baby powder closed Fountain Square Mall for an hour an a half Tuesday. Police and firefighters cordoned off the building at about noon after an employee of Finelight Marketing found an unknown white substance in an envelope. The Bloomington Township Fire Department Hazardous Materials team concluded the substance was talcum powder after running it through a battery of tests, said Bloomington City Fire Department Deputy Chief Roger Kerr. \nThe fire department turned the letter, which Kerr said originated from New York state, over to Bloomington Police Detectives for further investigation. \nFor more information see Wednesday's Indiana Daily Student.