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UPDATED: The Smell of Natural Gas in the Morning

(Updated at 4:10 p.m.) Residents in some parts of Arlington woke up to the smell of sewer natural gas.

Many called the fire department to report the gas smell, which the county’s Department of Environmental Services says is an issue that Washington Gas is investigating.

According to DES, the smell was reported in Fairfax County, Northwest D.C. and as far away as West Virginia.

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