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IFD unable to locate source of odor on NW side

Posted at 8:02 PM, Feb 20, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-20 22:58:08-05

INDIANAPOLIS -- Firefighters were unable to locate the source of an odor that forced an evacuation Saturday night of a strip mall on the city's northwest side.

Crew were first called out to the Westwood Plaza strip mall at 4030 High School Road just after 7:00 p.m. for the smell.

Four businesses reported the odor.  25 people were evacuated.

IFD has a hazardous materials team on the scene to investigate.

They are looking at a dry cleaning business as a possible source of the odor, but none was ever found.

No one was hurt.

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