The British are fighting to fill their cars with petrol and the stores are empty and the reason is strange .. Video

Great Britain is on the brink of a fuel crisis, with thousands of gas stations running empty and huge queues building up.

The British are now literally fighting to fill their cars with petrol.

The Rossiya 24 TV channel reported that the whole outage was due to the interruption of supplies.

The crisis was triggered by the shortage of drivers and fuel trucks, which in turn was triggered by Britain's exit from the European Union.

Previously, drivers were drawn from outside Britain.

To somehow contain the situation, the British government decided to temporarily suspend antitrust law, as the oil industry was excluded from competition law.

In addition, according to the newspaper, the authorities will involve the army.

They will deliver the fuel.

The British news agency (PA Media) reported that the frantic race to buy fuel at petrol stations was causing problems amid a shortage of supplies in Britain.

The agency quoted the Gasoline Retailers Association as saying that demand at one of the service stations rose 500% on Saturday compared to last week, as oil companies give priority to stations located on the highways amid a shortage of specialized tanker drivers.

Queues continued at stations for a third day on Sunday, despite assurances from Transport Secretary Grant Shapps that there was "plenty" of fuel available.

But the president of the Gasoline Retailers Association, Brian Maderson, said the government "does not want to admit" that supplies are stuck in refineries or storage depots and not being delivered to stations due to current supply issues.

"There is a lot of fuel in this country, but it is in the wrong place for motorists," he said.

British Petroleum "BP", Britain's second-largest selling fuel company, said on Sunday that main brands of fuel were out of stock in about a third of its stations in the country due to the frenetic buying.

According to Bloomberg News, the London-based company said in a statement on Sunday that "most of the 1,200 locations where it provides fuel across the UK are still supplied and open."

However, she said, "Given the strong demand in the past two days, we estimate that about 30% of the sites in this network do not have any of the main types of fuel currently."

A shortage of truck drivers, which has left major British supermarkets unable to refill their garages, began affecting some gas stations earlier this week.

BP and ExxonMobil Corp were among the companies saying the lack of drivers had affected operations at their gas stations, while EG Group said it would give customers only £30 ($41) worth of fuel.

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