Drivers filled up their cars with 'contaminated' fuel from major petrol chain station

Dozens of cars stopped in their tracks after drivers filled up with ‘contaminated’ fuel at an Essex petrol station. A quick trip to the BP garage in Rayleigh, Essex, turned into a nightmare for motorists after their cars stopped working shortly after.

Drivers were left to pick up the pieces, with footage showing one car being helped by a recovery firm on the side of the forecourt.

Fuel Out, a recovery firm based in Benfleet, claimed that it received 30 calls from affected drivers, according to the Daily Gazette.

Owner Lee Pretlove told the outlet: ‘This does not happen frequently, and it is very rare but we are still doing jobs around this on Thursday, it has been three days s

 

‘We never see this many at all, the technicians pass jobs on to us and we have had loads of calls, we have been inundated.’

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