ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Concerns over a possible gas leak are still top of mind for people across the region, including a North County man whose home is just a couple of miles from that explosion, which injured multiple people and damaged more than two dozen homes.

It comes after an odor on Wednesday led to multiple homes being checked.

Although the issue was resolved within a couple of hours of reporting it on Friday, the homeowner told First Alert 4 that he was initially informed it would take up to two weeks to repair the leak.

Homeowner Jesse Talley said, “It really got strong today.”

That pungent smell of the chemical additive to natural gas, giving it that rotten egg smell, wafting from the gas meter, was hard to ignore for Talley.

“I took a solution and sprayed

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