FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) – Investigators in Fond du Lac are trying to figure out what exactly was a white substance that gave off vapors outside of a gas station early Friday.
Firefighters say they responded to the BP Kwik Mart, 136 W. Scott Street, around 1 a.m.
A person was searching a trash receptacle for aluminum cans when he found a white powder on a plastic bottle. Soon afterward, he started to feel a burning sensation in his eyes and face.
Fire crews had to call in a hazardous materials team when they came upon a white vapor emanating from the bin. While using a remote-controlled robotic device from the police department, the hazmat team removed the substance, which was inside a 2-liter bottle, from the receptacle.
It was then placed in what officers called a “safe location,” along with other suspicious items from the bin.
State and local crime investigators are checking into it.
The incident shut down stretches of Scott Street and Military Road for a few hours.
