River Road closed in Upper Merion after fuel spilled from a pipeline
A shelter in place order was lifted around 5 p.m., Upper Merion police announced.
River Road remains closed near Coates Street in Upper Merion after a construction contractor hit an underground fuel pipeline Thursday afternoon, Bridgeport Borough officials said.
There was no timeline for reopening River Road. Sunoco LP estimated that hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel had leaked, an official in Upper Merion said.
A shelter in place order was lifted around 5:20 p.m., according to a post from Upper Merion Township police.
The pipeline leak occurred near Insurance Auto Auction. A call placed to Sunoco was not immediately returned.
Multiple first responder units are on the scene, the borough wrote on social media.
There is no immediate threat to the public, Upper Merion police wrote.
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