Oil gushes out several meters. Serious leak in Germany right next to the border with Poland

A major oil spill occurred on Wednesday in the district of Uckermark in northeastern Germany, reported the environment ministry of Brandenburg. The leak is caused by a failure of the pipeline supplying the PCK Schwedt refinery, which is located near the border with Poland.

According to German media, rescue services are at the scene, but no casualties were reported and the refinery did not interrupt its operation.

The local newspaper “Maerkische Oderzeitung”, which was the first to report the leak, reported that oil was gushing from the pipeline to a height of several meters and that the leak would probably not be stopped until morning.

It is not yet known what caused the pipeline failure. Brandenburg's Environment Minister Hanka Mittelstaedt announced that she would go to the site on Thursday to assess the extent of the damage.

The pipeline runs from the port of Rostock on the Baltic Sea to the PCK refinery, which is the main supplier of fuel to Brandenburg and Berlin. The town of Schwedt, where the refinery is located, is located on the Oder River, right next to the border with Poland. (PAP)

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