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Mar 29, 2019

Passengers Experienced Nausea, Anxiety Attacks As Fuel Odor Forced Plane’s Emergency Landing At Dulles

“Before take-off, you could detect faint smell of fuel. As we continued to go to cruising altitude, the smell became very strong,” a passenger says.

Oct 06, 2017

Pumpkin Spice Scent Leads To Evacuation At Baltimore High School

After getting a whiff of “a strange odor,” staff and students at a Cristo Rey Jesuit High School evacuated for what turned out to be a pumpkin spice-scented air freshener.

Feb 16, 2011

Authorities Investigate “Unknown Odor” Near Lincoln Theatre

A large number of fire trucks, including a ladder unit, responded to the Lincoln Theatre on the 1200 block of U Street NW this afternoon after the report of an “unknown odor.” We’re informed, though, that no fire has been discovered in the area and the scene should be breaking up shortly….

 
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