The City of Nelsonville has received numerous telephone calls regarding an unsubstantiated internet video of water from a bathroom faucet that was ignited with a lighter during the water line break and repair in Nelsonville today. The Nelsonville Fire Department has investigated this report with gas detection equipment and found no trace of any flammable gas in the house or coming from any water faucet in the house from the video.
The Nelsonville Fire Department has not received any other reports of incidents of this type from any other water customers. Fire Department officials have been in contact with the Ohio EPA and Columbia Gas and will be working together with them to determine if any problem exists. There is no information available to officials at this time presenting any danger to Nelsonville water customers.
More information will be released if any substantiated evidence is found.
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