A fuel spill has promted Champlain Township to advise any residents who use water from wells and the Ottawa River that they should not drink or use their water until further notice.
An advisory sent out at 10:40 p.m. Sunday May 7 says residents living on the following streets should immediately leave their homes: Warf, Marston, Peter, and Dufour streets, as well as River Lane.
They add that any residents who smell fuel in their water should evacuate immediately.
Residents living in this area of Champlain Township are encouraged to evacuate after a fuel spill causes a do not drink advisory #ottnews pic.twitter.com/aRLdZaCYsk
— 580 CFRA (@CFRAOttawa) May 8, 2017
A reception centre for those affected has opened at Ecole St-Jean Babptiste in L'Original.
More to come.