Overview
- Residents in Karlstein am Main have endured sporadic, intense odors for about two years, often described as burning plastic, rubber or sulfur.
- The local fire brigade has deployed roughly 15 times, measuring on the ground, in canals and at height with advanced detectors without locating a source.
- A specialist unit from Mannheim collected air samples and ran laboratory analyses that found no substances classified as hazardous to health.
- The Aschaffenburg immission authority reports no assignable harmful emissions from nearby Bavarian firms and has alerted Hessian counterparts to investigate across the river.
- Authorities are asking residents to submit detailed odor logs as episodes appear wind-driven and have at times been noticed in Seligenstadt.