Eleven of France’s 12 oil refineries have been shut down by striking refinery workers, Agence France-Presse reported. About 1,500 gas stations had run out of fuel by Monday, an industry association told AFP, and panic-buying prompted a 50 percent jump in sales last week.
The French government insists there is no impending fuel crisis and that there is enough fuel stored up to last several more weeks, CNN reported. Emergency fuel supplies have been made available at gas depots, according to The New York Times, but getting fuel to the stations is now in question amid the truckers' "go-slow" protests and road blockades.
