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The fire service and Auckland Regional Council (ARC) have contained a spill of up to 10,000 litres of petrol from an Auckland service station.
A fire service spokesman said at about 12.50pm they were advised by the ARC pollution team that up to 10,000 litres of 91 octane petrol had escaped from underground tanks at Petrol Alley in Glen Innes.
It had got into drains and into a waterway leading to the Tamaki Estuary, he said.
"We and the ARC dammed it up so it wouldn't flow too far and then we used foam to cover the whole area that was involved, just as a safety precaution - obviously if it caught fire then there would be big trouble."
The fire service still had three pumps and other specialist appliances at the scene and were working with the ARC which had contractors in with sucker trucks.
The situation was under control, he said.
- NZPA
