CBRN event in United States of America on Thu 26th February 2026

FBI officials continue to investigate "suspicious materials" that were found at a home in a gated community in Irvine earlier this week. Police were called to a home near Cartwheel and Iluna on Monday after a landlord called to report suspicious circumstances, an Irvine Police Department spokesperson told CBS LA. When officers arrived, they found suspicious materials in what was believed to be a homemade science lab that had caught fire. While investigating, they found that there were possible indications of chemical nerve agents, a source familiar with the investigation told CBS LA.