Police responded to a post office in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood early Friday morning for an incident involving a leaking package.

According to Boston police, officers were called to the Grove Hall Post Office located at 647 Warren Street around 6:30 a.m. for a report of a package that had leaked during the scanning process and come into contact with an employee's skin.

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That employee reported feeling itchy, police said, and Boston EMS responded to the scene and took the person to a local hospital for an evaluation.

The Boston Fire Department has since determined that the material was nonhazardous, police added. There's no word on what the substance was.

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