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There was a loud noise late Sunday ... hearing the mysterious sound, but few knew that the cause was a natural gas leak, something confirmed Monday by the Irmo Fire District.

Can they sound the alarm loud enough to serve 8,000 fire and medical service calls a year? Residents in 10 hill communities, from part of Shepard Canyon to Grass Valley, more than six miles west ...

When you are standing close to an alarm clock, it seems quite loud. Moving away from the clock, the alarm sounds quieter, so the distance from the source of a sound will affect how loud it seems.