F.B.I. investigates suspicious powder found in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Orange County Sheriff's deputies say suspicious powdery substances were found at two locations Saturday. The substance was so bad, investigators say it sent two women to the hospital.

In fact, investigators seized a number of items from an Apopka home located on Maple Street. Neighbors say a woman and her daughter spotted some white powder behind their bathroom toilet, they believe that white powder made them sick.

According to friends, the people inside the house moved out a couple of weeks ago because they were so ill. Then Saturday, deputies say two women became ill from a white powdery substance found in their car off Hondo way.

Deputies wouldn't say if it was the same mother and daughter, but they would say the cases were related. Hondo Way was shut down for about five hours.

The Haz Mat team, deputies and FBI agents were called out. Meanwhile residents like Stephanie Mellor in Apopka say they were also inconvenienced. "We would just like to know what was going on, the police wouldn't tell us anything and it was very scary to think this was going on, on our street."

While investigators say there are no suspects, neighbors believe it was a person who was no longer welcome in the home. Deputies are having the powder tested to find out what it was.