Packages detonate in two Maryland state buildings

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Two packages detonated in the  mailrooms of two Maryland state government buildings today, but no one was seriously injured, officials said.
Investigators had yet to identify a suspect or make any  arrests, a Maryland state official said.
“Explosion may be too strong of a word. The packages were  smoldering. In one case there was a flare up,” said the state  official, who asked not to be identified because Maryland State  Police was in charge of the investigation.
There were no serious injuries, though a few people were  examined by emergency medical technicians, the official said.
A federal law enforcement official said the packages  erupted into smoke and flames. No one was taken to the  hospital.
One incident took place in the mailroom of the Maryland  Department of Transport facility in Hanover and the other in a  mail-handling facility in a state building in Annapolis next to  the Maryland State House.
Authorities evacuated about 125 people at the Jeffrey  Building and some 250 people from the Department of  Transportation building, the state official said.