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People evacuated from 100th Avenue building amid gas smell

The Fort St. John Fire Department investigated an office building on 100th Avenue following reports of a gas smell.

An office building on 100th Avenue where a gas smell permeated from on July 29th. (Caitlin Coombes, Energeticcity.ca)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A gas smell resulted in a downtown office building being evacuated on Tuesday morning. 

Employees of an office building on 100th Avenue were evacuated at around 9 a.m. on July 29th after a gas smell was discovered, which could be smelled from as far as 103rd Avenue.  

The building was evacuated while the Fort St. John Fire Department assessed the situation. 

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The department told Energeticcity.ca the building was cleared without incident, and believed the smell to have been condensate, a liquid known to be associated with liquid natural gas (LNG) which smells similar. 

Individuals were cleared to return to the building at around 9:20 a.m.

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Caitlin Coombes

In 2024, Caitlin moved to the Peace Region to be the Civic Reporter for Energeticcity.ca.  In 2026, Caitlin was named the News Director.

Wanting to make a career of writing, Caitlin graduated from Carleton University’s School of Journalism and moved to P.E.I. to begin writing for a local newspaper in Charlottetown.

Caitlin has been an avid outdoorswoman for most of her life, skiing, horseback riding and scuba diving around the world.

In her downtime, Caitlin enjoys reading, playing video games, gardening, and cuddling up with her cat by the window to birdwatch.

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