#29 Breathing Easy
I was working one of my shifts at the fire department and got a call for a ‘possible gas leak’. Technically, we are supposed to wear full gear including a mask and SCBA bottle during a gas leak scenario, but 99% of gas leaks involve natural gas, which we can usually plug immediately. I arrived on scene first and didn’t smell that normal ‘onion-flavored’ natural gas smell.
It’s not unusual not to smell it immediately, but something in the back of my mind told me to put all of my gear on and to hook up to my SCBA bottle. I walked down the road and right around the corner was a highly-poisonous anhydrous ammonia leak.
Credit: Larky17