A boil water advisory has been issued for the City of Longton as a result of firefighting efforts.

The advisory took place today because of a loss of of pressure due to firefighting at a house fire over the weekend. The Kansas Department of Health and Enviornment issued the advisory and will rescind the order following testing. Anyone in Longton should boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water, dispose of ice cubes and not use ice from an automatic ice maker.