The warnings came in a report released this week on environmental damages caused by oil fires intentionally started by retreating Daesh terrorists.
UN satellite images published show environmental damage from the fires. The world body says 11 of the fires have been extinguished, but 29 continue to burn, sending thick black smoke into the air, AP reported.
The report warns the spill, described as new, is close to a tributary of the Tigris River, which in turn could mean an oil leak into the key artery, and that parts of the spill are on fire.