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 …