According to the data of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region, messages began to arrive at around 4:00 pm Moscow time from residents of Kanavinsky, Nizhny Novgorod, Sovetsky districts and the Meshchersky Lake microdistrict.

According to the press service of Gazprom Gas Distribution Nizhny Novgorod, specialists are looking for a source of smell.

“Emergency workers work, they are looking for,” the company said.

In early July, residents were evacuated from a village in the Samara region after a gas leak.