Sussex residents report bad smell thought to be from France
Councillor Paul Wells, from Bognor Regis Town Council, said: "We can't seem to get anything out of anybody about what it might be, but it seems to be spreading across the south coast."Shops have been contacting us looking for advice and the gas board is overloaded with calls."It's a very rich, potent gas smell. It's making people feel faint. People want some answers."The fire service said anyone who felt ill should dial 999 and urged anyone who thought they could smell gas to contact their utilities provider.A spokesperson for SGN said on Tuesday: "We've received several calls this afternoon regarding a smell in the air in the Bognor Regis area."Our engineers are responding to individual reports, but there's nothing so far to suggest the smell is coming from our network."Le Pong, in 2013, was caused when a cloud of gas escaped from the Lubrizol factory in northern France and was blown across England.The BBC has contacted Lubrizol to see if there has been another leak at its factory.The coastguard confirmed it was called at 17:20 BST on Tuesday after reports of a "gas and diesel" smell at Selsey Bill."Investigations found no evidence of anything untoward," a spokesperson said.
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