Volunteer fire fighters search for gas leak downtown

The Petersburg Fire Department checked every propane tank in the downtown area for a possible gas leak on Friday following reports of individuals smelling gas.

While some said it smelled like propane, others said it smelled like oil burning, said borough manager Stephen Giesbrecht. Checking every known propane tank in the downtown area, the fire department was unable to locate the source of the smell.

“[The volunteers] hit downtown really hard and went into every nock and cranny looking for potential leaks and just didn’t find anything,” said Giesbrecht.

It was in the early afternoon on Friday...