(multimedia) The Government was accused of creating a fuel crisis due to its advice over how to prepare for a potential tanker driver strike. Representatives of petrol station operators said that the Government action could see forecourts run dry within days. Petrol sales soared by 45 per cent yesterday, after the Government suggested people should stock up on fuel as a “precaution” against a possible strike by tanker workers over the Easter weekend. Francis Maude, the Cabinet Secretary, today told drivers they should make sure they have enough fuel in their vehicles and “maybe a little bit in their garage as well in a jerry can”. However, both the AA and firefighters have now called on him to withdraw the advice, because of the risk of explosions in garages.
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