The fuel supplies Britons once took for granted are vanishing, and lines of vehicles are clogging the streets near gas stations while some businesses that depend on fuel are suddenly at a standstill
Vehicles queue to refill outside a Shell fuel station in central London, Britain, September 26, 2021.
Image: Henry Nicholls / Reuters
In the northern English town of Baildon, Jag Sanghera took the train to work instead of driving, saving fuel needed to drive his daughter to nursery school. In west London, Laid Ibrahim, an Uber driver, tried at least seven gas stations before finding one open at 2 a.m. and waiting in line for 80 minutes. Across the city, Nick Day said the private ambulance service he works for was forced to cut the number of its vehicles on the road from six to four.
As the government tried to calm an anxious nation Monday, gas stations across Britain continued to run dry and thousands of Britons found their lives upended.
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