Oil Pipeline Bursts in Hungary, Causing Spill
Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary —
About 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from a 36-foot faulty section of Hungary’s main oil pipeline from the Soviet Union, Budapest Radio reported Saturday.
The leak was caused when a welded section along the pipeline burst Wednesday night in the Kekcse area in Szabolcs-Szatmar county, in northeastern Hungary, the report said.
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