Wheatley residents are finally getting some much deserved good news about the end of the latest downtown gas leak and perhaps the end of all gas emissions in the core.

Chatham-Kent officials announced on Thursday that they're optimistic the Wheatley gas emission is resolved.

Municipal officials said the monitoring well of an abandoned well found at 17 Talbot Street East in late September has entirely stopped venting gas, including hydrogen sulfide gas that triggered a massive explosion in downtown Wheatley in August 2021.

The investigative team found what was believed to be a wooden-cased petroleum well underneath the cement floor at 17 Talbot Road East in late September.

According to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, the monitoring well established following the 2021 blast was continuously emitting hydrogen sulfide gas and methane gas until the newly discovered well was re-entered and capped.

The municipality noted no gas has been detected on the monitoring well or the other abandoned water wells on the site since, suggesting that the issue may have been entirely resolved.

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