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Fire Fighters Investigating a Gas Leak Turn Out to Be the Cause - DutchNews.nl

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Fire fighters investigating a gas leak turn out to be the cause

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In the Dutch village of Oisterwijk, the fire department spent an entire morning searching for the cause of a pungent gas smell, but it turned out they were the culprits themselves. A small bottle containing a gas smell had been thrown into a trash can at the fire station, after which a garbage truck drove through the village with that bottle.

·Brussels, Belgium
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A strong smell of gas hung over a large part of the Brabant village of Oisterwijk this morning. The fire department spent the entire morning searching for the cause, but turned out to be the culprit themselves. A small container of gas-smelling air that had been thrown away at the fire station was dispersed through the village via a garbage truck. Early this morning, reports of a gas smell came in to the emergency services. Multiple vehicles wer…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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It almost seems like a joke: the pungent gas smell that could be detected in large parts of Oisterwijk on Wednesday morning turns out to be coming from the fire department. Omroep Brabant reports this. While firefighters and Enexis search for the cause, they discover at the fire station in Oisterwijk that they are missing a small container of gas. “A garbage truck spread the smell throughout Oisterwijk,” says Ronald Blokpoel of the fire departme…

Emergency services responded with many resources when a report of a foul smell came from a helicopter at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

A strong smell of gas has been hanging in the air at various locations in Oisterwijk since Wednesday morning. Reports are coming in from the town center, Pannenschuur, and Westend. The odor is also being smelled in homes.

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Omroep Brabant broke the news on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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