What happened at Chase River Elementary (Extension Rd)

[thebestmom]

Today at about 2 pm at Chase River School the traffic was restricted, there were many workers (flag people, some uniformed people etc). I noticed a big puddle of some deep red liquid on a road, they tried to sponge it with white absorbing fabric, or smth like this. Who knows what has happened there (accident?).

[riverrat]

I hope that was a ketchup van accident.

[thebestmom]

I do either... But this puddle looked very, very bad.... :-( They picked up a school bag and something like fleece jacket and took it away. And everything was dirty and soaked in this red liquid (it did not seem like ketchup, omg!!!). I cannot sleep now.

[BigMac]

I saw the same thing too, and wondered also........ Noticed Davy Tree was there later on trimming tree branches? There was a incident response in that area around the same time. 1600 block of Naylor Crescent.

http://www.nanaimo.ca/fire_rescue_incidents/index.aspx

[sheena]

We saw this the other day - maybe it was hydraulic fluid. I noticed a small pile of what looked like fresh cut wood on the way home later. Makes sense if Davy was trimming overhanging branches.

[BigMac]

Looked at it again today. Looks like an oil spill of some kind, like you said, hydraulic or transmission fluid......