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Durian Triggers Hilarious Series of “Gas Leak” Calls In German City

today6 October 2025

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4 October was a rather busy Saturday for the fire department of Wiesbaden, a city in western central Germany. But not for the reasons they expected.

What initially began as a routine gas alarm turned into a city-wide hunt for the source of a peculiar gas-like smell. Instead of finding a leaky gas pipe, they found something we Malaysians are very accustomed to: durian fruit.

An “industrial” smell, according to staff at a supermarket

(source: Feuerwehr Wiesbaden / Facebook)

The bizarre series of events began innocently enough at 2.52 p.m. when a supermarket called in a gas emergency after customers and staff caught a whiff of something distinctly “industrial”. Wiesbaden firefighters rushed to the scene, fully expecting a ruptured gas pipeline.

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Written by: Danial Martinus


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