Community Center Evacuated After Report of Gas Smell

Firefighters evacuated the Community Center shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, after a library employee reported a gas odor in an upstairs room. 

More than 1oo people were downstairs in the community center for a library-sponsored Black Bear talk with Paul Rego, wildlife biologist with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.  

Firefighters monitored the building for gas levels but about a half hour to 45 minutes later determined the cause “unfounded,” according to radio reports. 

People returned to the building shortly after 8 p.m.