Police are calling on members of the public not to store kerosene and other poisonous liquids in water bottles.

This comes after a 57-year-old man of Labasa accidently drank kerosene thinking it was water because it was stored in a water bottle and was kept with bottles filled with water.

He was rushed to the Labasa Hospital where he is admitted in serious condition.

Police are warning people to refrain from doing so as it could be fatal.