Heavy rain was blamed for causing the contamination to the underground unleaded petrol tanks.
Sean Creaton, of Soane Street, said his Volkswagen Golf broke down after filling it up with unleaded petrol worth £15 to £20 at around 7.45pm.
The 43-year-old said: “I pulled away and the car started to splutter and I thought ‘oh no, something’s wrong’. I just made it to the road and it cut out. It wouldn’t start again.
“I sort of panicked and called my dad, Geoffrey, who lives just round the corner, and, after I said we’re going to have to tow it or get it off the road, a lady pulled out and exactly the same thing happened to her. Her car just wouldn’t go.
“And then it was like a concertina effect. Everyone was pulling out and they couldn’t start their cars. I was angry at the start but it became quite comical. It was like something out of a film
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