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Mystery burning smell permeates throughout Delaware County…again
Mysterious smell is permeating throughout Delaware County
Delaware County Emergency Services office has received numerous calls in just one day after residents have noticed a weird burning smell permeating throughout the area.
Something stinks in Delaware County. A burning smell has been permeating through some towns since late Monday night and local officials don’t know why.
The mystery smell forced many residents to start calling the county 911 dispatch center for answers.
“We received calls all day starting at 7 a.m.” said Delaware County Emergency Services Director Tim Boyce.
“Actually I thought a house was on fire” said one man.
“I work in landscaping, so I’m just thinking it’s the lawn mower just regular burning smelling wood” added another man outside the Linwood Wawa store.
Folks flooded social media with complaints.
“I smelled it in Broomall” posted on woman on Facebook. “I smelled it at work in Eddystone” wrote another poster. One woman said “it smells like bug spray to me.” Others thought the burning odor was a rerun of those Canadian Wildfires.
Some internet sleuths were even tracking the wind direction to figure it out. South Media Fire Company were called to a home in Rose Valley for “odor of burnt plastic in the area”, according to radio dispatch reports. But so far there has been no official explanation of that stink.
“Couldn’t define where it was coming from” said Boyce in a message to FOX 29.
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Locals speculated the smells were coming from industrial stacks near the Chester or Marcus Hook, but with the reports coming in from as far away as Villanova to New Jersey some who live nearby say it was definitely something else.
“You got the funky smell that went all the way to the east side” said one man walking along the banks of the Delaware River in Chester.
FOX 29 reached out to the Delaware County Health Department, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and several local fire companies but there are few answers.
Despite the mystery, officials say there should be no cause for concern, but the funky smell certainly had people talking and wondering.
“They always burning stuff behind the woods. You never know what’s going on.. Somebody probably trying to hide something they don’t want seen” joked one man.
As of Tuesday evening, it seemed the burning smell had dissipated.
If you have an air quality emergency, the DEP maintains a 24-hour Emergency Response Hotline at 1-800-541-2050.
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio — People in Delaware County said it feels like new housing developments are popping up on every corner.
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“What haven’t you noticed, right? The whole area just exploded,” said Scott Shonebarger.
Scott Sanders, the executive director of the Regional Planning Commission, said companies like Intel and other industries are a main driver for thousands of people moving to Delaware County.
With the big boom comes an urgent need for more housing.
John Wicks is the developer at Real Property Design and Development.
He has spent over a decade building homes for families in Delaware County.
Wicks said the Olentangy School District is one of the hottest spots for new homes.
“I started with one high school up until the 90s, then now we’re up to four up to five different high schools so it’s just a big draw,” said Wicks. “It’s a beautiful community.”
The district has grown into the fourth largest in Ohio with a new elementary school opening next year, and a fifth high school in 2028.
Wicks said the growth has presented some challenges over the years like labor shortage and some opposition.
“It’s become a big issue for a lot of people that live in and around these areas. They tend to oppose new growth and new development, so restrictions have gotten a little bit harder. Costs have obviously gone up over the last 20 years,” said Wicks.
The planning commission says between 275,000 and 350,000 people could call Delaware County home by 2040.
That’s up from 214,000 in 2020.
Scott Shonebarger said he supports growth but wonders when is enough.
“I mean to a certain extent I think you know at some point right you have to have some sort of boundaries I think, getting into the fact that now you have five high schools,” said Shonebarger. “What’s the limit?”
Police in Wilmington, Delaware, shot and killed a 19-year-old man Wednesday night.
The incident happened in a residential area near 24th and Jessup streets just after 11 p.m., Wilmington police said in a news release. The person who was shot has not been publicly identified.
Officers were monitoring a large crowd gathered outside when they saw a man exit a home with a handgun and point it toward the crowd, police say.
When officers approached the man, he ran away and a foot pursuit began, police say.
At some point in the chase, an officer fired their weapon and hit the 19-year-old. The man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
Police say they recovered a loaded gun from the man and that the officer was not injured.
Video filmed at the scene shows a crowd of residents gathered outside after the shooting.
Police are asking anyone with more information to come forward. The shooting is under investigation by the Delaware Department of Justice and Wilmington police.
Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura announced Wednesday that she will lead a new corporate law institute at the Wilmington University Farnan School of Law.
She will step down from the bench of Delaware’s highest court in late July, after choosing not to seek reappointment at the end of her 12-year term. She revealed her plans for the next phase of her legal career in a special session of the court in Wilmington.
As well as joining the Wilmington University law school faculty, Valihura will be the founding director of the school’s new Corporate Law, Governance and Practice Institute. …
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