Strong gas odor investigated near Chapel Hill Road businesses, Cary NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/15/2025 02:34 PM

Near Chapel Hill Rd, Cary, NC 27513

Emergency units responded to reports of a strong gas odor near Chapel Hill Road by a Shell Station and Hampton Inn. Police officers detected the smell over the area and advised checking the nearby gas plant for a possible source. No visible fire was found on inspection.

Audio|Source: Wake County Fire

02:20

Transcript:

00:00

Rescue 2. If y'all find out that you have a leak or something,

00:04

then you can add more to the response, but it sounds like this is going to be other investigation.

00:10

Rescue 2, John.

00:16

Engine 2 and Rescue 2.

00:18

We've got a Cary police officer who is the one calling us in who was smelling it.

00:21

She was saying the odor is strongest on Chapel Hill Road in front of the Shell Station, but she's smelling it all the way back to the PVO over there at the Hampton Inn, so that whole area.

00:33

Rescue 2? Copy.

00:37

Engine 2, rescue 2.

00:43

After your investigation, you may want to check in at the Nogat the gas plant over there and see if they're going anything.

00:53

Engine 2, copy.

00:59

Rescue 2 from Engine 10.

01:05

2 from Rescue 2.

01:09

We're going to go by the gas plan if you head straight over there to the fuel gas station.

01:15

We'll be right there.

01:17

Rescue 2, Trump.

01:24

Good with having this tree on fire back here?

01:29

Yeah, we can't do nothing about that.

01:33

Copy that.

01:38

Nothing showing from the exterior, Ladder 9 Officer Vistavison Command.

01:42

I'm going to Division 1-4-3 convestigation.

01:52

See?

01:53

Pressy 2A, I have command.

01:59

Odor of gas in the air on Hansomley.

02:05

Tovents to find the source.

02:07

Ninja 2, again, if you guys can go stop by a gas plant and just get in contact with somebody over there and see if they've got anything going off tonight.

02:14

And then, geez, go down there and park, and then head back this way, and stand by a hydrop here on Hansonle Corp.

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