Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Newton, Preston
The adjacent property suffered a substantial loss of fuel from the external tank. The fuel seeped down to the near surface water table and migrated onto the neighbours land contaminating a significant portion of the neighbours property.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Sterndale, Derbyshire
The fuel line feeding the boiler from the external tank corroded causing a substantial loss of fuel below the patio. Fuel had also tracked down the conduit housing the fuel line and pooled behind the wall.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Wath, South Yorkshire
During building works at this rural property the contractors damaged the fuel feed pipe. The incident wasn't reported and over a period of time vapours were noticed within the property alerting the residents to the problem.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Catterton, North Yorkshire
A corroded fuel tank led to a substantial loss of fuel to the ground. As this occurred during the summer months the problem was not identified until fuel was detected in a nearby watercourse. The fuel being traced back to the damaged tank.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Norfolk
During the construction of this residential development of flats poor workmanship on the fuel lines resulted in leaks on the pipe work. The problem went unnoticed for a considerable period of time until the residents started to complain of odours.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
The original oil tank was situated adjacent to the property and over a period of time it became brittle causing it to split, releasing a volume of heating oil.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Coalville, Leicestershire
During heavy winds the boundary wall collapsed pushing the adjacent oil tank over. The tank split spilling the fuel across the neighbours garden and decked area.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, St Ives, Cambridgeshire
This rural property had an oil fired central heating system. During a delivery of fuel the tanker driver damaged the manhole containing the fuel feed line to the property. The feed line was ruptured and approximately 1500 ltrs of fuel lost to ground.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Rawtenstall, Lancashire
This property was constructed by the refurbishment and extension of a former school building. The previous building was originally heated using an oil fired boiler located in the boiler room.
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Domestic Heating Oil Spill, Brimpton, Berkshire
During the construction of a double garage ground workers accidentally unearthed the heating oil feed pipe with the excavator splitting the pipe work at the compression joint
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