It's a gas well that seems impossible to cap.
For over a month now, the Town of Leamington and the provincial government have been working to cap a well leaking hydrogen sulphide.
In the meantime, two families remain displaced. One of the families has had to move six times since the ordeal began.
Tomorrow it will be seven weeks since the gas leak was discovered.
Neither the town nor the ministry is able to say when it will be capped.
Since there is no timeline set, a displaced family has had to find ways to make ends meet. Life on the road is becoming a lifestyle this couple has become too familiar with.
“We're moving stuff, a few things today and mostly tomorrow,” says Francene Giesbrecht.
By Thursday they need to be out of this temporary apartment, yet again.
"Best Western, Days Inn, back here out to the trail,” says Giesbrecht.
This will be the couples sixth move in seven weeks. In an attempt to keep costs down. They've been moving wherever is most affordable.
This is why their home has become the sight of ground zero, where for the last seven week officials have been trying to cap a complicated gas leak.
"We're displaced,” says Giesbrecht. “Whether we go from one home to another it's not really our home.”
The well still remains a mystery, for the town and for the ministry of natural resources.
Officials say the crews are having to fabricate equipment, which takes a lot more time and they're trying to do the job in such a way that they're safe the community is safe and that the well is capped properly.
Ministry crews have built a structure that allows them to work around the well in a secured location, say officials.
The Town of Leamington has been responsible for monitoring the hydrogen-sulphide and making sure the levels remain low.
