concern here because this area is very popular with swimmers and also is an area of scientific importance, particularly with wading birds. let s get the latest now from the council leader, phil broadhead. just tell me first of all what the latest is on how bad this is? as you said, it has triggered a multi agency response. we re the second largest natural harbour in the world. it is an ecologically sensitive area. so we have to make sure we re on top of this. the lead agency are the poole harbour commissioners and we are all working really close together to mitigate any problems that come from it. what we re hearing at the moment is that the leak was caught quickly and boons were put in place to contain and some oil has already been recovered. we are cautiously optimistic that some of it has already been disbursed to see. but in an area like this, the last thing you wanted to do is hit the shore and that is why all of the parties are coming together to make sure we can control this as
About 200 barrels of reservoir fluid - which can contain crude oil - spilled into the internationally important body of water in Dorset from an underwater pipeline.
Helicopters, drones, vessels and shore patrols responded after a major incident was declared when reservoir fluid spilled into the body of water in Dorset from an underwater pipeline.