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The local government of Panjin, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, is looking into a strange case of a villager who claims that her household tap water is ignitable.

A villager surnamed Wen from Siying Village complained that her household tap water was ignitable, attracting attention on Sunday. 

Video released by media showed someone with a lighter lighting a fire under the faucet while the water was running, and flames appeared instantly.

Wen said that whenever she washed her hands, she always felt the water was unclean and that a layer of oil stuck to her hands. This has also been reported in several other households in her village.

The local publicity department then set up an investigation team, shut down the water wells in the area, disabled the residents' water pipes, and carried out temporary water diversion to meet residents' water needs.

The relevant departments are presently conducting water quality tests, and will release the test report and investigation results as soon as possible.

Global Times