Woman 'decontaminated' after 'suspicious package' found in Sydney

A woman has been “decontaminated” after a suspicious package sparked the evacuation in part of a Sydney building.

Firefighters, ambulance and police were called to an office building in Lee Street just before 3pm today after reports of a white powder being found.

Up to 80 people from a single level of the building were evacuated and an item has been seized by police for forensic examination.

“A woman in her 30s was decontaminated at the scene by fire and rescue,” a spokesperson for NSW Police told 9News.

She has been taken to Prince Alfred Hospital as a precaution.

Police remain on the scene with Fire and Rescue New South Wales.

Witnesses have reported seeing officers in hazmat suits.