About 500 litres (110 gallons) of diesel spilled onto a road in Plymouth from a tanker which had been punctured.
Devon and Somerset Fire Service said it was called out at 18:15 BST on Sunday to reports of the spillage on Lockyers Quay.
It said a crew from Greenbank managed to contain the leak with assistance at the scene coming from Cornwall Fire Service, South West Water (SWW) and Plymouth City Council.
A statement from firefighters added about 250 litres (55 gallons) of diesel had entered a nearby sewer network, but risk assessments done by SWW deemed the amounts to be of low risk.
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