Emergency gas workers rushed to a small seaside town amid fears of a gas leak - only to find the pong was actually coming from a batch of the world's smelliest fruit.
Residents in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, were sent into panic today after they got a whiff of a 'strong gassy smell' on the high street.
A charity shop reported the stench and Cadent gas company quickly sent an engineer to their aid, who began investigating the suspected fault.
Such leaks can be highly dangerous or even fatal, by causing fires or gas poisoning - so the town naturally descended into chaos when they smelt something fishy.
After finding nothing in the charity shop or the body care outlet next door, the worker tried the greengrocer on the clothing store's other side.
