A failed pipeline repair has caused oil to leak into a Keelung stream.
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00:00A broken pipeline in the northern city of Jilong has polluted a stream, leaving people
00:04living nearby reeling from the smell.
00:07The CPC Corporation, Taiwan's state-run oil refiner, had called in a contractor to
00:12repair a minor leak earlier in the week.
00:14However, officials say the contractor accidentally further damaged the line and it began leaking
00:20oil into a nearby stream.
00:22Jilong environment officials have given CPC seven days to clean up the spill and may find
00:27the company up to 100,000 U.S. dollars.