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| New York probes 'gas-like odour' | New York probes 'gas-like odour' |
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| Authorities in New York are investigating a persistent gas smell across a large part of lower Manhattan. | Authorities in New York are investigating a persistent gas smell across a large part of lower Manhattan. |
| Police said they were dealing with many reports of a strange gas-like smell, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was confident it was "not dangerous". | |
| A stretch of the commuter train service between New York and New Jersey was temporarily halted, and some Manhattan office buildings were evacuated. | |
| The US Department of Homeland Security ruled out any link to terrorism. | |
| Mr Bloomberg said there were no indications of high levels of natural gas on New York's energy network. | |
| "It may just be an unpleasant smell," he told a news conference, but said investigations were continuing. | |
| The smell was worse on the street Brandon AtkinsManhattan worker Across the Hudson River in New Jersey, officials said the source of the smell was a gas leak originating in the Chelsea district of Manhattan, but that could not immediately be confirmed. | |
| "We are getting several calls of a foul odour. Our units are responding. It's in various parts of the city," a police spokesman said. | "We are getting several calls of a foul odour. Our units are responding. It's in various parts of the city," a police spokesman said. |
| 'Spread wide' | |
| Office worker Brandon Atkins told the BBC that the fumes seeped into his Manhattan building. | |
| "Most people evacuated although the smell was worse on the street," he said. | |
| "My wife in Jersey City told me she could also smell it there so it seems to cover quite a large territory." | |
| The BBC's Jeremy Cooke, in New York, said the odour smelled like car fumes. | The BBC's Jeremy Cooke, in New York, said the odour smelled like car fumes. |
| Gas supplier Consolidated Edison, which pipes gas into much of New York City, said it was investigating the reports, but told US TV network MSNBC that there was "no abnormal flow" of gas in Manhattan. | Gas supplier Consolidated Edison, which pipes gas into much of New York City, said it was investigating the reports, but told US TV network MSNBC that there was "no abnormal flow" of gas in Manhattan. |
| There was a previous report of a gas-like smell in August last year in parts of Queens and Staten Island, the Associated Press news agency said. | There was a previous report of a gas-like smell in August last year in parts of Queens and Staten Island, the Associated Press news agency said. |
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