Police have tested a suspicious powder found in a safety deposit box at the National Bank and determined it was not dangerous.
Bank staff opened the safety deposit box after the person renting it failed to pay the bill and discovered the powder, police said.
The Explosives Device Unit secured the scene at Pitt Street and Ouellette Avenue Wednesday afternoon and cleared it at about 4 p.m.
Windsor police officers examine suspicious powder Wednesday, March 27, 2013, found in a safety deposit box at the National Bank in the Chrysler building at Ouellette Avenue and Pitt Street. After testing the powder it was determined not to be dangerous. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A Windsor police officer gets hosed down after removing a suspicious powder Wednesday, March 27, 2013, found in a safety deposit box at the National Bank in the Chrysler building at Ouellette Avenue and Pitt Street in Windsor, Ont. Police tested the powder and they determined it was not dangerous. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A Windsor firefighter gets hosed down after removing a suspicious powder Wednesday, March 27, 2013, found in a safety deposit box at the National Bank in the Chrysler building at Ouellette Avenue and Pitt Street in Windsor, Ont. Police tested the powder and they determined it was not dangerous. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A Windsor police officer gets hosed down after removing a suspicious powder Wednesday, March 27, 2013, found in a safety deposit box at the National Bank in the Chrysler building at Ouellette Avenue and Pitt Street in Windsor, Ont. Police tested the powder and they determined it was not dangerous. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Emergency personnel on the scene Wednesday, March 27, 2013, after finding a suspicious powder in a safety deposit box at the National Bank in the Chrysler building at Ouellette Avenue and Pitt Street. After testing the powder it was determined not to be dangerous. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A suspicious powder in a safety deposit box at National Bank has shut down Pitt St at Ouellette Avenue. (TwitPic: Dan Janisse/The Windsor Star)
Emergency crews on the scene of a suspicious powder scare on Pitt Street. (TwitPic: Dylan Kristy/The Windsor Star)
