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Saturday 16th January 2010, 10:58AM GMT.
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So was there a gas leak? Or the faint waft of paranoia. I’m not belittling the emergency services efforts but hysteria can feed on itself.
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Well I know what to do when I require tho Police
I’ll just tell them I smell gas..
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All water / heating boilers that do not have a pilot light are lit by a spark. Any gas that has been pushed into the boiler before the spark has done its job will exit via the exhaust system and hang around the area for a while. The smell will be strong, but the concentration will be of no dangerous consequence. This happens with all such systems and before the gas disperse, the brief smell of gas in areas where they are situated could cause alarm, especially in the light of recent experience.
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