What should you do if you smell natural gas indoors?

Leave, avoid switches, and call from outside.

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Why: Leave the building, avoid using switches or phones inside, and call for help from outside. Sparks can ignite gas.

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Answer: Leave, avoid switches, and call from outside. Leave the building, avoid using switches or phones inside, and call for help from outside. Sparks can ignite gas.

  1. Scouting America: Fire Safety www.scouting.org/merit-badges/fire-safety
    Explain what to do and what not to do if you smell natural gas and if you smell smoke.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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