Taichung neighborhood mistakes durian scent for gas leak
Taichung neighborhood mistakes durian scent for gas leak
2025-07-31
In the middle of the night, eight firefighters rushed to a neighborhood in Taichung’s Houli District after a resident reported smelling a gas leak. They searched in vain for the leak until the early hours of the morning, only to discover the scent was wafting from a first-floor residence where a fresh durian was left out.
Fire trucks and ambulances rushed to this neighborhood in the middle of the night after a resident reported smelling a gas leak. The firefighters used a gas detector to search for the leak, but got no reading at all. They went door-to-door to find the source of the smell, only to discover it was coming from a fresh durian that had been left out.
Local resident
As soon as the door opened, we discovered an incredibly smelly durian sitting on top of a scooter. I realized that durian was so stinky I thought it smelled like gas! Everyone was laughing, the firefighters were laughing too.
What was thought to be a gas leak turned out to be a fresh durian. Around 1am on July 27, the strong odor frightened residents in Taichung’s Houli District, and the fire department took the situation very seriously.
Local resident
Someone wanted to eat it, so I brought it back and didn’t think about it. It was wrapped up.
Similar misunderstandings have happened before during the durian season. There was an incident in Keelung when one resident put a cempedak, a fruit just as smelly as a durian, at the entrance to their home, and neighbors also thought the strong smell was a gas leak.
Chang Wen-pin
Firefighter
It gives off a fermented scent that does smell a bit like a gas leak. This kind of case is pretty rare. It’s my first time encountering one.
Thankfully this case was a false alarm. But it serves as a reminder that durian should be sealed properly or stored in the freezer to prevent people from mistaking its strong odor for something more ominous.
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台中后里半夜驚傳瓦斯外洩? 揪出元凶竟是"榴槤"
2025-07-31
台中后里區，日前有民眾通報，住家附近疑似瓦斯外洩，整條街道飄散著濃濃的瓦斯味，消防隊出動3車、8人，找了老半天，才終於找到氣味源頭，沒想到住戶把鐵門開啟，才發現兇手，竟然是一顆榴槤!
大半夜，消防車、救護車，停在民宅外，因為有人通報疑似瓦斯外洩，消防隊大批人馬來到現場，使用瓦斯偵測器，卻沒有反應，挨家挨戶找尋氣味源頭，沒想到兇手竟是它!
[[聲源:附近住戶]]
“那個門一打開，就發現有榴槤在機車上面，超級無敵臭，我就想說，哦，就是這顆榴槤這麼臭，以為是瓦斯味。每個人都在笑啊，消防隊他們也在笑”
原以為是瓦斯漏氣，沒想到竟然是顆新鮮榴槤，27日凌晨近1點，讓台中后里區，這一帶的居民，嚇得不敢睡覺，大夥兒繃緊神經，消防隊也不敢大意。
[[當事屋主]]
“剛好有人要吃，拿回來不知道啦，包著啦”
其實類似的烏龍事件，每到產季，偶爾會發生，不只榴槤，基隆也曾有民眾把榴槤蜜，放在家中玄關，讓鄰居誤以為是濃濃的瓦斯外洩味。
[[后里消防分隊小隊長張文斌]]
“它有一部份發酵的味道，確實是有點類似瓦斯外洩的味道。這種案件算是相當少見，我也是初次遇到”
無論如何，幸好只是虛驚一場，不過榴槤最好還是密封包裝、或是冰在冷凍，不只方便保存，也能防止濃厚氣味，鬧出笑話。
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