Damp envelope triggers Hazmat situation in downtown Vancouver
Posted Mar 13, 2015 3:25 pm.
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A lot of fuss over a damp envelope in downtown Vancouver today.
Police, fire and Hazmat teams blocked part of a main core street after people at a corporate tower became sick.
The envelope was delivered to a law firm on the 25th floor and six people complained about scratchy throats and being nauseous.
Battalion Chief Rob McDonald with Vancouver Fire said they will always deliver a full response any time someone reports a possible dangerous substance.
“It’s not normal for people to get sick from an envelope. So, that leads us to believe that there must be something within that envelope or package that’s causing that feeling of nauseousness.”
He wonders if maybe the patients just imagined their symptoms after noticing the wet envelope.
