Thousands of litres of diesel leaked undetected

A fuel station in Irving, US, leaked thousands of litres of diesel fuel into the environment, say government emails on the leak discovered in December.

A crack in an elbow pipe attached to an underground diesel storage tank may have allowed the escape of 100,000 litres of diesel fuel, according to the documents obtained by CBC News through a right to information request.

Some residents nearby said they could smell fuel when they washed their hands in restaurant bathrooms, and some thought they could taste it in their beverages as far back as November.

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