The Charlottesville Fire Department received a call at 4:18 p.m. yesterday alerting the department of a potential gas leak in the area of 14th Street.
According to David Hartman, Charlottesville Fire Department battalion chief, several units were dispatched to the Corner to locate the source of the odor.
While searching for the potential natural gas leak, Hartman said someone pulled the alarm at the old University Hospital because of a similar odor.
"There is an odor around here that is going through a 10-block area," Hartman said.
The department, with the help of other area law enforcement officials, investigated all buildings and storm sewers in the area but was unable to locate the source of the leak.
"We've completed [the search] and could not find a particular source," Charlottesville Battalion Chief Peter Sweeney said.
At press time, there were no other reports of suspicious odors after the initial two, Sweeney said.
-- compiled by Andy Mullan
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