Residents smell foul odor in San Fernando Valley
Several residents in the north San Fernando Valley sniffed a strange odor in the air this morning and called 911 to report it, authorities said.
"They didn't describe what it smelled like, fortunately," said Rich Matheney, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Matheney said firefighters determined the odor was not dangerous and no evacuations were necessary. He said Southern California Gas Co. was on scene trying to determine the cause of the odor.
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A bad smell in the north end of the valley?
The jokes write themselves.
Posted by: Mad_Science | December 03, 2009 at 09:48 AM
This is kinda funny to me. Maybe everyone just had post-Thanksgiving gas.
Posted by: Natalie Dejohn | December 03, 2009 at 09:57 AM
That's what neighbors say when dead bodies are rotting in the neighbor.
Posted by: donalds | December 03, 2009 at 10:26 AM
likely a meeting of realtors and bankers - foul for sure.
Posted by: Fred | December 03, 2009 at 10:35 AM
"Fortunately?"
Posted by: Veronika | December 03, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Yeah...the foul odor is call the San Fernando Valley.
Posted by: peter wolf | December 03, 2009 at 11:43 AM
San Fernando Valley huh? Gee...umm....Monistat?
Posted by: Da Maverick | December 03, 2009 at 12:22 PM
http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Lnaturalgas.htm
This is a womans story on the Health effects from a small leak of natural gas that went unnoticed in her own home.
What they don't want you to know about natural gas
Posted by: vee | December 03, 2009 at 12:30 PM