May 22 (Reuters) – An oil pipeline in East Los Angeles, California, ruptured during the early hours of Friday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said, prompting a response from multiple crews.
“Units responded to a petroleum line leak that was hit during construction,” it said, adding that the pipe was shut down at the source and the flow has been stopped.
It was not immediately clear who owns the pipeline.
The fire department said a coordinated clean-up effort was underway and that there were no injuries due to the incident.
(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Anjana Anil; Editing by Alexander Smith)
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