Salmon Arm Fire Department Hall 3 firefighter and rescue team member Troy Cook checks out Hall 4 rescue team member Tyler Stevenson’s hazmat suit. The department responded to a call of a strong chemical smell at the Seventh Day Adventist Church at 3270 60th Ave. NE shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday. A leaking jug of paint thinner was discovered in a small, upper-floor room and a one-metre section of the floor that had been liberally soaked was removed. Students were immediately evacuated and sent home. BC Ambulance personnel checked one teacher as a precaution.