WIDELY SMELLED ODOR AN ADDITIVE.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - A suspected natural-gas leak Thursday night that could be smelled more than five miles from the source proved to be the chemical added in small amounts to give the normally odorless o·dor·less adj. Having no odor. o  dor·less·ly adv.o gas its distinct scent. The leak was reported about 9:25 p.m. in East Newhall where residents reported smelling natural gas, said Capt. Mark Savage of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . Sheriff's deputies closed San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the from Market Street to Pine Street for about 1 1/2 hours as a precaution as crews with The Gas Co. looked for the cause of the smell. They found leaking Mercaptan mercaptan (mərkăp`tăn) or thiol (thī`ōl), any of a class of organic compounds containing the group -SH bonded to a carbon atom. , added to natural gas so it can be detected should it leak. Mercaptan contains sulfur and is added to natural gas, which is odorless, so leaks can be easily detected. Firefighters shut off the leak, and the odor, which could be smelled from Newhall to Valencia, dissipated overnight, deputies said. Meanwhile, a deputy at the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station said numerous calls had come in reporting the odor. |
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