{"id":216912,"date":"2025-10-16T09:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/216912\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:02:15","slug":"minor-flight-delays-at-yvr-after-strong-gas-smell-detected-in-domestic-terminal-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/216912\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor flight delays at YVR after strong gas smell detected in domestic terminal &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, passengers at Vancouver International Airport\u2019s (YVR) domestic terminal were instructed to exit the building or relocate to a different area due to a strong odor of gas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760146148_446_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>YVR officials confirmed there was a strong <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/gas-smell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gas smell<\/a> throughout parts of the domestic terminal and that Richmond RCMP and Fire and Rescue Services were called in.<\/p>\n<p>The source of the odour was swiftly identified and contained, officials confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760146149_837_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cYVR is working with our airline partners to expedite passengers through security on a priority basis,\u201d the airport said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cThere could be some minor flight delays as the influx of passengers are processed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0Passengers are being asked to contact their airline before heading to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11479131\/thunder-bay-school-attack-fbi\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fa2cf1760a12182757f5fee6ba4befb98cd52044261d7e2d87ca33270802bcc1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t13-year-old Ontario boy charged with plotting school attack, FBI and Interpol assist\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a 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data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:11<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDelays at Vancouver airport due to air traffic control staffing shortage\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size On Wednesday, passengers at Vancouver International Airport\u2019s (YVR) domestic 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