Kelowna

Photo: Contributed - Miriam Severin

A member of Kelowna's Hazmat team approaches a van containing unknown liquids Saturday night.

The Kelowna Fire Department's Hazmat team was called into action Saturday night after the RCMP discovered a van containing some unknown liquids inside, parked behind Cawston Avenue.

"They found three 19 litre containers of an unknown product in the back of van. They weren't quite sure what is was, so they called in our guys," says Platoon Captain Laurie Serres.

The team donned their gear and removed a sample of the liquid.

"They did a test and determined it's most likely water," says Serres.

However, they couldn't make a determination that it was 100 per-cent water so a clean-up crew was scheduled to come and safely remove the liquid from the van on Sunday.

"The cans were labelled as brake parts cleaner, so whether it would be a mix of that with water, they weren't quite sure. When it comes back inconclusive like that we have to deal with it as a hazardous material."

It's unknown what alerted the RCMP to the presence of the van.