4 Years After Explosion Levelled Parts of Downtown Wheatley, Ont., Another Gas Leak Evacuates Dozens of Homes

'Terrible thing to happen again' — new gas leak forces Wheatley evacuations

WHEATLEY — The same month as Wheatley held a community event to celebrate its recovery from a massive gas explosion four years ago, a hydrogen sulphide gas leak, this one detected Thursday behind the library, prompted another downtown evacuation.

4 years after explosion levelled parts of downtown Wheatley, Ont., another gas leak evacuates dozens of homes

Residents of a section of Foster Street in the southwestern Ontario community in Chatham-Kent evacuated Thursday during an odour investigation.

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The Chatham-Kent Emergency Services is investigating an odour in Wheatley. The odour was first detected in the area of the Wheatley Public Library branch