On Thursday morning, a diesel leaked from a pipeline of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in Thane. according to the Thane Municipal Corporation officials, the area was cordoned off for the repair work. It is a 252 km-long pipeline.

The leakage in the 18 inches high-pressure diesel pipeline started at 5.21 am near a gas godown at Shil in Thane, said Avinash Sawant, Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell.