article_snippet: Firefighters in hazmat suits, police, US Secret Service officials and an Army explosives team converged on Kawanah Street after a homeowner found a suspicious syrupy substance inside a 40-year-old safe.
article_snippet: First responders were called to the home at 3736 Kanawah Street Northwest at around 4pm Monday.
article_snippet: According to investigators, the house had recently been sold, and the new owner was in the process of going through the new owner contents when the new owner came across an old safe in the basement.
article_snippet: Suspicious substance: DC opened a 40-year-old safe, only to discover vials of syrupy white substance that required the presence of Army explosives experts, firefighters and paramedics .
article_snippet: Suite up: A hazmat team marched inside the home on Kawanah Street and carried away several containers filled with the mystery goo, which had a chemical reaction with water .
article_snippet: Firefighters who responded to the address entered the home in protective gear and removed several vials of powder and liquids, which were taken to a an environmental testing facility.
article_snippet: DC Fire Spokesman Timothy Wilson said they were baffled when on-scene tests could not positively identify the mystery liquid found in the safe, which firefighters initially took to be a spilled household cleaner.
article_snippet: We wanted to be as thorough and careful as possible when We moved it,’ DC Fire Spokesman Timothy Wilson told Washington Post.
article_snippet: Emergency vehicles and EMS workers remained on -scene well into the early hours of Tuesday morning.
highlights_snippet: Homeowner in Washington DC discovered the suspicious substance inside old safe left in basement of Homeowner in Washington DC new home .
  