12:45 p.m.:
The AQMD has released a statement regarding the sulfur smell.
"Since around midnight last night, AQMD has received more than 100 calls reporting a strong, foul rotten egg/sulfur odor. Residents have complained from a very wide area including the Inland Empire and much of the Los Angeles Basin.
Fish kills, algae blooms and other biologic conditions in lakes can cause strong odors. Industrial facilities such as wastewater plants also can cause sulfur odors. At this time AQMD hasn’t confirmed any source as the cause of the widespread odor.
AQMD will issue updated information later in the day if more information is available."
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Noon:
A foul odor is reportedly blanketing the Southland this morning and officials are working to determine the source.
Fire officials had been receiving hundreds of 911 calls since around 5 a.m. , but Air Quality Management District authorities have yet to pinpoint the location of the stench, described as a sulfur smell.
"We do not know the source. We are waiting word from AQMD officials as to the source," said Brian Humphrey, spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. Humphrey said the department also received countless calls from people in Los Angeles.
Humphrey has spoken with SoCal residents as far flung as Cathedral City, Perris and Ventura County. He advises people to never call 911 to simply ask questions as people had been doing Monday morning.
were not immediately aware of any calls of concern regarding the foul odor, said Lt. Bob Anderson.
Fire officials are awaiting word from the AQMD about the source of the stink.