Residents in Cape Breton community advised to boil water

Victoria County's water utility is advising people on the Dingwall, N.S., water system to boil their water.

Jocelyn Bethune, the communication officer for the Municipality of Victoria County, saidwater used for drinking, preparing food, washing fruitand brushing teethshould be boiledfor at least one minute.

Bethune said there was a house fire in the area Friday night that placed "an unusually high demand on the water system."

"This caused water levels to become very low in the water tower," she said."It has since risen back up again, but because they went so low, we've issued a precautionary boil order."

The water became cloudy due to suspended particles.

Victoria County has four municipal water systems supplying Neils Harbour, Little Narrows, Ingonishand Dingwall.

About 100 customers are affected by the advisory.

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