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Colonial shuts pipeline due to prospective fuel leakage

Colonial Pipeline, the biggest improved products pipeline operator in the United States, said on Tuesday it was responding to a report of a potential fuel release in Paulding County, Georgia which one of its mainlines was briefly shut down.

Teams were on the scene coordinating reaction efforts, the business stated.

The pipeline that was shut was Line 1, which transfers about 1.5 million barrels of fuel a day and runs from Houston to Greensboro, North Carolina.

It is one of Colonial's 2 mainlines that connects Gulf Coast refineries with markets throughout the southern and eastern United States through more than 5,500 miles (8,850 km) of its pipeline system.

Colonial Pipeline did not offer information on the estimated period of the blackouts.

The U.S. Department of Transport Pipeline and Hazardous Products Security Administration (PHMSA) did not instantly react to a request for remark.

Paulding County Constable's Office stated there was no notice to 911 relating to a gas leak.

(source: Reuters)