An oil spill has been detected in Western #Poland on Sunday (December 1) near the #Druzhba pipeline transporting oil to #German refineries, which led the operator to suspend pumping, firefighters said.
A spokesman for firefighters, Martin Halasz, told Reuters that they went to the area after receiving information that people could smell gas near a petrol station and a hotel in Pniewy.
"Firefighters noticed that on one of the fields there was some dark substance, they assumed it was oil. And as the #pipeline lies just a bit further, it was assumed that there was probably a leak," he said.
He said employees from #Polish pipeline operator PERN later confirmed it could have been a leak and stopped oil transmission.
He said PERN was currently working on the site and firefighters were securing the area, but there was no danger to people or animals.
PERN did not immediately reply to emailed request for comment. Firefighters would not comment on the reason for the leak.
