Facebook’s Silicon Valley campus given all clear after suspected sarin exposure
Facebook’s Menlo Park campus in Silicon Valley has been given the all clear after fears of a sarin exposure yesterday led to the evacuation of several buildings. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the news to The Verge after it was first reported by Reuters.
Facebook’s spokesperson said the scare started after mail delivered to one of the company’s mail rooms was “deemed suspicious.” According to a report from Business Insider, the social media company uses automatic detectors to spot dangerous chemicals and substances, and these flagged a mailbag as containing traces of the nerve agent sarin.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we evacuated four nearby buildings and began a thorough investigation in coordination with local...