Mystery odor

Thursday, July 28, 2005

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McCarty and other officials can't explain the odor.

Many Pinellas County residents are wondering what's causing an awful smell.

Some attribute it to red tide, while others say it's from a gas leak.

The situation started Thursday morning when Pinellas Emergency Services received several phone calls from people saying they smelled propane in Largo, Madeira Beach and Seminole. Seminole Fire Rescue responded to the calls.

"There is a heavy odor in the area," said Allison McCarty with Seminole Fire Rescue. "We have responded to all the 911 calls, as we are supposed to. We have an actual gas meter that we can detect the air quality [with]. And there's no reading of any gas in the area. There's no propane, although it smells like it. It appears that [it's] something related to the gulf, something coming in off the gulf."

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it hasn't received any odor complaints in the area.

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