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Added on the 04/10/2021 10:49:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Drivers queue up in front of a gas station in London to fill their tanks. The British army is set to begin delivering petrol to fuel stations after fears over tanker driver shortages led to panic buying and forced the government to offer visa waivers to foreign truckers to plug the shortfall. IMAGES
Petrol station customers tell their story as they queue for fuel in London. "We have to drive our children to school", says one, "the government should have anticipated a human response", says another. A lack of tanker drivers has triggered panic-buying at petrol stations, forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to call in the armed forces from Monday to deliver stocks.
Military personnel will be deployed next week to distribute petrol, while 300 visas for overseas tanker drivers will be issued 'immediately'.
Long queues of vehicles stretch from Beirut petrol stations down busy streets as the crisis-hit country faces severe fuel shortages.
Long queues at Beirut petrol stations amid fuel crisis
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