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A 'gas leak' that sparked an emergency in a town centre turned out to have been caused by the world's smelliest fruit.

On Tuesday, 16 September, an engineer was dispatched to the high street of Lytham, Lancashire , after locals reported a 'strong smell' of gas.

The unusual source of the pong was discovered when a worker from the Cadent gas company walked into Strongs Fruit and Veg shop.

Store assistants Wai Peng Cheng, 51, and his partner Candy Pooi Kuan Lam, 46, said they hadn't called the engineer and had "no idea" what was going on.

Wei Peng said: "We saw a gas engineer pull up in front of the shop at around 1pm and he went into the charity shop next door.

"About an hour later he tried the body care shop on the other side before coming inside Strongs."

He added: "

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