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Mysterious Odor That Stank Up NJ Towns Expected To Linger For Days Mysterious Odor That Stank Up NJ Towns Expected To Linger For Days
Mysterious Odor That Stank Up NJ Towns Expected To Linger For Days A rotten egg odor caused by a chemical leak is expected to linger for days, Gloucester County officials said on Friday, Aug 12. Local officials initially assumed it might be a natural gas leak, saying they'd received numerous 9-1-1 calls on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The odor spread to several adjoining counties and across the Delaware River. The Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) said that the widespread odor was coming from the Truck Stop in East Greenwich from a trailer containing about 7,000 gallons of Mercaptan that was venting.  "The chemical has a rotten egg s…

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by Jon Craig