Local Journalism Initiative
More oil is seeping through Bonfield and another furnace is to blame. The township’s Chief Administrative Officer, Nicky Kunkel, explained that the furnace failed, and “furnace fuel did leak into the ditch last week.” The town took immediate action, “to mitigate further leaching into the ditch” as per the Ministry of Environment’s advice. BayToday was in town on Tuesday to interview George Hodges, a resident who recently had oil flood into his land due to a neighbour’s malfunctioning oil furnace