Overview

• Emergency crews in Wiesbaden were called four times in one day over a suspected gas odor that proved to be durian fruit.
• Initial measurements at a shopping center detected no gas, and firefighters noted the building lacked a gas connection.
• On a return visit, crews found durian in an Asian shop and identified the fruit as the source of the gas-like smell.
• The shopping center’s ventilation system dispersed the odor throughout the building, prompting repeated alarms.
• A similar report later that night in a residential building was traced to durian as well, according to DPA-cited officials.