A “significant release” of mercaptan occurred on San Antonio’s south side on Wednesday morning, prompting several 911 calls from people believing it was a gas leak.

Most Hondo residents were without electricity for a couple of hours Monday after a major natural gas leak.

A driver hit four gas meters in an alley with their vehicle, causing a gas leak in Schertz, a crew supervisor with Centerpoint Energy said Monday.

SAN ANTONIO – Some people who work near the Pearl say business is down, and it has nothing to do with their products. “Kind of smells like a dead animal over here.”Others described the area smelling like sewage or gas. “I thought it was natural gas. We call natural gas. CPS Energy officials say crews scanned the area and found a small natural gas leak from a broken boiler.