Mysterious odor traced back to Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An odor being reported across Philadelphia on Thursday has been traced back to the PES Refinery in South Philadephia.

Chopper 6 was live over the PES Refinery after calls from homes and schools about an odor around 1 p.m.
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Officials tell Action News the smell was due to cleaning and disassembling pipe at the refinery which released an odor.

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The fire department's Hazmat Task Force conducted air monitoring and did not detect hydrogen fluoride or other potentially volatile substances.
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The odor release has stopped and the incident has been placed under control.



The refinery is the same site of a massive explosion this summer.

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