Heating and Fuel Advice

How to deal with fuel leaks and spillages

The first consideration is to stop the flow of oil. You can do this by turning off a valve, plugging a leak, stopping a pump etc. Then you must stop the leaked fuel getting into drains, finding its way underground, getting into water courses etc. This can often be achieved by making small dams with sand or soil, by placing absorbents on or in the path of the leaking oil.

You must report serious leakages to the Environment Agency. More information can be obtained from the Environment Agency website.

Top tip

If you have a small leak on your plastic or sometimes steel tank you can quite often do a "get you out of trouble" repair by rubbing a bar of soap over the split/hole. This fills the gap with soap and may give you a little more time to cope with the problem.

Think twice before you act and consider getting some help.

Published 21 August 2007

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