Source: Radio New Zealand
RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson
Police say they are making enquiries into reports that a fuel pipe outside a petrol station in South Auckland has been sabotaged.
Fire and Emergency NZ and police were called to Great South Road before 7am this morning after reports a fuel pipe was leaking.
Workers appeared to be paying attention to a pipeline that runs across a road bridge next to the U-Go service station.
The price sign was also switched off.
A FENZ spokesperson told other media it appeared there had been some sort of sabotage to the pipe.
Emergency services respond to sabotaged fuel pipe at Auckland petrol station. Kim Baker Wilson/RNZ
The spokesperson said they were not aware when the sabotage happened but a telecom phone line was damaged at 3am.
A FENZ worker was seen emptying buckets into a large yellow container.
The entire service station was cordoned off, and a lane on busy Great South Road was closed with traffic being moved around it.
Fire and Emergency NZ and police were called to Great South Road before 7am. Kim Baker Wilson/RNZ
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