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False alarm! HazMat call turns out…

False alarm! HazMat call turns out to be motor oil

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Global News has reported on a recent call to Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service’s hazmat team about an unidentified substance at a downtown health centre.

The lobby at Pender Health Centre on Pender Street in the city’s downtown east side was evacuated due to a dark “liquid-like substance.”

When specialists arrived, however, it turned out to be nothing more threatening than some spilled motor oil.

Vancouver Assistant Fire Chief Sheldon Young described the call as a false alarm.

Read the Global News story HERE.

 

https://globalnews.ca/news/4817785/vancouver-hazmat/

 

 

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