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Sussex residents report bad smell thought to be from France
People living along the south east coast of England are complaining about a "terrible smell" thought to be wafting in from the 2013, the same region was bothered by a smell coming from a chemical plant in Rouen, France, which was dubbed Le residents in Chichester, Bognor and Littlehampton, in West Sussex, are reporting a new stench, being described as a "rich, potent gas smell".West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service said it thought the smell was coming from the sea, and gas provider SGN said there was no evidence the smell was from its network.
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 BBC has contacted Lubrizol to see if there has been another leak at its 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.
