Gas Smelled Over Large Area Of Manhattan

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Gas Smelled Over Large Area Of Manhattan
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YORK -- People all over a large part of New York City are smelling a gas, and it's not clear where it's coming from.


Numerous people have called 911 concerned about the odor. Con Edison, the Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating.


PATH service has been suspended into the 33rd Street station. Service is still going into the World Trade Center station.


Macy's department store has been evacuated, according to reports.
There also are unconfirmed reports of a similar smell across the river in New Jersey.


People between Midtown and Battery Park are reported to be smelling it. At NBC headquarters in Rockefeller Plaza, the odor is very strong. One person who works on the sixth floor at 30 Rockefeller Center says it's so strong people are leaving the building.


At one major office building at 37th and 7th, employees have been told that Con Edison is looking into a smell, and they should remain inside until they hear otherwise.


Mayor Bloomberg is expected to be asked about it at a 9:30 briefing with the media.

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NY hit by gas smell, mayor says not dangerous

By Ahmed Rasheed

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious smell of gas throughout much of Manhattan forced the evacuation of buildings and a temporary suspension of a commuter train service on Monday as authorities scrambled to determine the source.



There were no immediate reports of injuries and Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it was not dangerous.



"It may just be an unpleasant smell, but at this point we do not know any more than that. The one thing we are confident about is, it is not dangerous," Bloomberg told a news conference.

A New York fire department truck stands outside the Times Square subway station after responding to the odor of gas in New York January 8, 2007. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)

The wide extent of the odor provoked jitters in a city that is constantly reminded of the Sept. 11 attacks. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesman said "there is no indication at this time of a terrorism connection."



The smell permeated lower Manhattan and was detected as far north as Central Park, across the width of the island, and in New Jersey across the Hudson River.



Part of the New York-New Jersey PATH commuter train system, which carries 225,000 passengers a day, was shut down temporarily as a precaution but normal service was quickly resumed.



Several office buildings were evacuated and their air conditioning systems shut down, but city officials soon told building managers that people could return to work.



"There have been no abnormal changes in gas flow in our gas transmission lines," a spokesman for power utility Con Edison said. He declined to answer questions.



Police and fire sirens sounded throughout much of the city.
Bloomberg reported a small gas leak in lower Manhattan but said that was not nearly enough to account for the wide range of the odor.
The city was blanketed with low clouds and there was light rain and little wind.



A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said vessel traffic in New York Harbor was unaffected.


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[Jag]

Terrorist test or the smell of the predicted Earthquake for that area? Doesn't the smell from gas and faults have a similar odor like rotten eggs? Curious....

Jag