A pipeline
in an upmarket housing complex on Durban’s outskirts burst in the early hours
of Tuesday morning spilling 200,000 liters of diesel.
Residents
at Greenvale Village complex, across the road from the Transnet Hillcrest Pump
Station in Shongweni Road, were awoken by the smell of diesel at 1.24am as a
column of fuel sprayed from the pipeline and rained down on gardens.
The
pipeline has been shut down thanks to the control room operator who noticed a
drop in pressure in the pipeline. A repair team, a local emergency response
team as well as an environmental team has been sent there.
The value
of the diesel lost was estimated at R2.4 million based on the retail price of
R12.17 a litre and the clean-up bill would run into millions.
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