Montreal tells 1.3 million residents to boil their drinking water

(Reuters) – Montreal, Canada’s second-largest city, has asked 1.3 million people to boil their drinking water after a problem at one of the city’s water treatment facilities. The advisory, posted on the city’s website on Wednesday, covers much of the south and east of the city of 1.65 million. The order followed reports of brown-tinged water in parts of the city, and Montreal Fire Department division chief Gordon Routley told CTV News that the advisory was likely to be in effect for at least 24 hours. …