Drivers break down 'due to water in fuel' after filling up at Morrisons in Leicester

Drivers have been breaking down just yards after filling up with petrol at the Morrisons store in Leicester due to water in the fuel, it has been claimed

Luke Cook, who works for a company which drains fuel tanks, said he had been called to the site in Aylestone Road, near Freemen’s Common, at about noon today, Tuesday May 11.

“I have drained a couple of tanks here and there are about eight other vehicles still here on the forecourt waiting to be drained,” said Luke, who works for Wrong Fuel Solution, from Northampton.

“We have heard that other cars have broken down on roads not far from here.

“We have examined the fuel when it comes out of the tanks and there is a lot of water mixed in there.

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