Up to 350,000 litres of oil spilled in German pipeline leak

NAMPA / DPA

2025-12-11

Berlin (dpa) - Between 250,000 and 350,000 litres of crude oil are believed to have spilled into the countryside north of Berlin following a pipeline leak in the German state of Brandenburg, state Environment Minister Hanka Mittelstädt said on Thursday. Emergency forces had previously estimated that at least 200,000 litres had been released from the pipeline that runs from the Baltic Sea port city of Rostock to Schwedt following a work-related ac......

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