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Sept 2021
Queues into road at one Harrogate petrol station amid shortage reports
Drivers queued into a main road in Harrogate to get into a petrol station amid reports of a fuel crisis across the UK.
At around 3pm today a reporter for the Stray Ferret counted up to seven cars at any one time waiting on Dragon Road to get into the petrol station at ASDA.
The Government has urged motorists not to panic buy fuel and has insisted that there is no shortage of fuel.
However, that message does not seem to be getting through to everyone as pictures and videos emerge of queues at petrol stations across the country.
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While there were no queues into the petrol stations on Ripon Road or Skipton Road, drivers had flocked to the forecourt at ASDA in Harrogate.
Barry Thornton, who was part of the queue, told the Stray Ferret:
While another driver, who did not want to be named, also said quite simply:
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