FILE PHOTO: A delivery driver refills the pumps at an Esso petrol station amid fuel shortage in Flamstead, St Albans, Britain, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
LONDON (Reuters) -More than two thousand British gas stations were still dry on Thursday due a shortage of truck drivers which was starting to disrupt deliveries to pharmacies, while farmers warned a lack of butchers could lead to a massive cull of pigs.
In a chaotic week where fights broke out at gas stations and people filled up old water bottles with petrol, British ministers have repeatedly said the crisis was easing, though they ordered soldiers on Wednesday to start driving fuel tankers.
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