D.C., GW and federal law enforcement found no hazardous material after responding to reports of a “suspicious package” at the intersection of 23rd and I streets Thursday morning, a Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson confirmed.

MPD, D.C. Fire and Emergency Services and GW Police Department investigated the scene after MPD received a call at 10:52 a.m. reporting that a “suspicious package” was delivered in the area, taping off the block and shutting down the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station entrance on 23rd Street and the GW Hospital ambulance bay. Officials sent a GW alert at 12:10 p.m. to avoid the intersection due to urgent law enforcement activity and closed the entrance to Ross Hall from 1:11 p.m. until 2:59 p.m., when they issued an all clear.

An MPD spokesperson confirmed after the all clear that law enforcement found no hazardous material on the scene.

Addi Vander Velde, an MPD public affairs specialist, confirmed MPD officers responded to a report of a suspicious item at 10:52 a.m. Several officials in hazmat suits were present at the scene and set up a decontamination tent to handle the potentially dangerous materials.

University Spokesperson Shannon McClendon said MPD and FEMS were the lead agencies responding to the incident, with GWPD assisting. At least three fire trucks, 30 personnel — including a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Defense Sciences Office agent — a special operations vehicle and several MPD cruisers were present at the scene. 

An MPD officer on the scene told bystanders the area would reopen in 30 to 45 minutes at 1:55 p.m. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Special Police reopened the Foggy Bottom station and started allowing travelers in and out of the station at about 1:55 p.m. During the station’s closure trains bypassed Foggy Bottom, according to WMATA. 

Gianna Jakubowski contributed reporting.