(11 Oct 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vincennes, outskirts of Paris - 11 October 2022
1. Car pulling into petrol station
2. Various of woman filling tank
3. Close of gas pump meter
4. Car leaving
5. Various of man filling tank at petrol station
6. Set-up shot of Virginie Lagorce, petrol station deputy manager
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Virginie Lagorce, petrol station deputy manager
"I've run out of 95 fuel. For diesel, it looks to me like we are out as well, so I am surprised people can still get it, it will probably run out any moment now. And the 98 fuel… I still have around 1,000 litres left."
8. Lagorce
9. Exterior of petrol station with cars queuing
10. Pull focus shot of Esso petrol station sign
11. Cars queuing outside petrol station
12. Verbal altercation between two customers
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Najat Hakem, 36-year-old customer:
"No, this is not the first petrol station I came to. I went to several and every time, it says they have diesel and when it's my turn they run out because people are jumping the queue, people on scooters, cars like Ubers. And they are all saying they are jumping the queue because they are working. We are also working, if we are queuing it's not for nothing. The minimum wait is around an hour. This is my third attempt; I've been at it since 06:30 a.m."
14. Various of queue with cars and motorbikes
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Odette Libert, 81-year-old customer:
"This is not acceptable in France, just because a few people (strikers) want to annoy the world. It's their problem, not the problem of all the French people, it's their problem, they have jobs, there are many people who can't get work. Enough, they should free up their spot. If they don't want to work there, they should leave and go elsewhere. So, requisition (of refineries)."
16. People standing outside their cars waiting in the queue
17. SOUNDBITE (French) Alexandre Leonardi, 31-year-old customer:
"I've been here for about an hour. The queue was about 30 metres long, all the way down to the traffic lights, I expected it to be like this. Most gas stations I went past were closed. So, not really a surprise."
18. Queue of cars
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Montreuil, outskirts of Paris - 11 October 2022
19. Various of closed Total petrol station
20. Various of cars and people queuing and waiting for petrol station to open
STORYLINE:
The image of drivers queuing up in long lines to fill the tanks of their vehicles has become an increasingly familiar sight in France.
So has the sight of petrol stations that have closed temporarily because their stocks have run dry.
On Friday, the government said that up to 30% of France's petrol stations are experiencing temporary shortages of at least one or more types of fuel.
Shortages which are, according to the government, largely caused by strikes that have hit French fuel refineries, and are making life difficult for drivers in the Paris region and elsewhere.
Najat Hakem was queuing at a petrol station on the outskirts of Paris on Tuesday hoping her third attempt of the day to fuel up would work.
"Every time, it says they have diesel and when it's my turn they run out because people are jumping the queue," she said.
The frustration of some of the people in the queues was palpable, and even led to a verbal altercation at one station.
Panic buying by some people worried that stations might run out of fuel altogether is exacerbating the problem, though authorities have urged consumers not to worry.
"This is not acceptable in France," said 81-year-old Odette Libert as she waited for her turn.
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