Poland repairs oil pipeline leak and says pumping will resume

Firefighters work to pump out oil in the area of a leak from a pipeline that carries crude oil from Russia to Germany (Michal Dyjuk/AP)

The Polish operator of an oil pipeline said that it was repairing damage that caused a leak earlier this week to the main source of crude oil from Russia to Germany.

PERN, the operator, also said it wants to resume the pumping of crude oil as soon as possible through the pipeline.