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An Irving gas station on the outskirts of Woodstock leaked thousands of litres of diesel fuel into the environment, say government emails on the leak discovered in December.
A crack in an elbow pipe attached to an underground diesel storage tank may have allowed the escape of 100,000 litres of diesel fuel, according to the documents obtained by CBC News through a right to information request.
The fuel contaminated nearby groundwater, caused the closure of a Tim Hortons and Irving station, and potentially put nearby residential wells in peril.
Several residents told CBC News in January that they suspected fuel in the water at the Beardsley Road Tim Hortons.
That restaurant shares a parking lot with Murray’s Restaurant and …
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