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Nov 18, 2007 8:28 am US/Eastern

Part Of Newark Airport Evacuated Over Strong Odor

TSA Workers Notice Natural Gas Like Odor In Terminal B

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A security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport was evacuated Saturday as authorities investigated a possible gas leak, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.

Transportation Security Administration workers in the airport's Terminal B noticed a strong odor around 11 a.m. that they thought smelled like natural gas, Port Authority spokesman Pasquale DiFulco said. The checkpoint reopened around 1:30 p.m.

About a dozen TSA workers were sickened by the strong smell; two were in good condition after being taken to an area hospital with nausea and dizziness, said TSA spokeswoman Carrie Harman.

The section of the terminal around the checkpoint was evacuated as police and the Newark Fire Department investigated. Some arriving flights were diverted to another part of the terminal.

Delays were limited to three outbound flights, DiFulco said.

Utility workers weren't able to detect any natural gas or carbon
monoxide in the air, said Robin Rasheed-Hernandez, a spokeswoman for Public Service Electric & Gas.

The utility still planned to keep workers in the terminal through the afternoon as a precaution, Rasheed-Hernandez said.

The cause of the odor was still being investigated.

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