So, What Was That Smell?

If you smelled something like natural gas on Friday evening, you weren’t alone.

Check out this update from South Milwaukee Fire Chief Joe Knitter …

At approximately 5:45 this evening, the police department received numerous reports of a strong odor similar to natural gas in the area of the 500 blk. of Marshall Avenue. The fire department responded and canvassed the neighborhood from Madison Avenue to the north, Columbia Avenue to the south, 5th Avenue to the East and 9th Avenue to the west and could not locate any positive source. Andy Bakalarski was contacted to determine if the odor could have been coming from the Wastewater Treatment Facility and reported that the probability was minimal. WE Energies Gas Operations was notified and had crews in the area, but could not locate anything either. We then rec’d subsequent calls from the area of Pick ‘n Save and Aldi’s and that area, including the Grant Park Square Apartments and associated buildings on Marion Avenue, was thoroughly investigated as well with nothing found. WE Energies remained in the area and was going visit each of the homes that called WE Energies directly and was asked to notify SMFD if they located the source. WE Energies did report that they received reports of the odor as far west as Howell Avenue in Oak Creek and had a crew in the area of 120 East Drexel.

I’ll keep you posted if I hear more.