Gasoline smell reported at airport arrival area, Charlotte NC


A strong smell of gasoline was reported in the lower-level commercial lane where buses park at the airport arrivals. Emergency responders investigated but detected no hazardous readings. They believe the odor comes from recent epoxy floor coating fumes applied upstairs a month or two ago.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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plane bus commercial lane at arrivals for a smell of gasoline. Do you have any further? Okay.
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The mail station one. First responder only emergency response for a traffic accident. Be the 14,000 block of Lawyers Road. The Lawyers Road at 45 hops for.
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Report ops, that's negative. All the advice was there was a strong odor of gasoline in the lower level commercial lane where the buses parked.
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Okay, who made the complaint?
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It was land-side operations, who called it in?
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Okay.
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You're probably going to get more calls on it.
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We don't smell it. We've used our forecast meter and checked up the area down here. No readings.
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More than likely, they're going to get more calls. It's the same epoxy floor coating that they did on upstairs about a month or two ago.
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So you're going to get some fumes off of that.
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Location mentioned:
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), 5501 Josh Birmingham Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28208
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