Youths storm gas station in Paris

PARIS

Supply shortages at French gas stations are leading to increasingly chaotic incidents.

On Monday, a group of youths stormed a gas station in the Val-d'Oise department in the Paris metropolitan area and sold gasoline at conditions they set.

Police were notified by several angry motorists after the youths took control of the TotalEnergies gas station.

According to local media reports, the youths sold residents of the region gasoline at the normal price, while charged a higher price to those coming from other regions.

Police arrested a man in his twenties at the scene and is on the lookout for others who robbed the gas station and fled the scene.

The bottlenecks at gas stations were caused by strikes at several French refineries and discount promotions by market leader TotalEnergies, which led to a rush to gas stations.

Despite the government's call to end the ongoing strikes at refineries, workers decided Tuesday to continue the strikes.

PARIS

Supply shortages at French gas stations are leading to increasingly chaotic incidents.

On Monday, a group of youths stormed a gas station in the Val-d'Oise department in the Paris metropolitan area and sold gasoline at conditions they set.

Police were notified by several angry motorists after the youths took control of the TotalEnergies gas station.

According to local media reports, the youths sold residents of the region gasoline at the normal price, while charged a higher price to those coming from other regions.

Police arrested a man in his twenties at the scene and is on the lookout for others who robbed the gas station and fled the scene.

The bottlenecks at gas stations were caused by strikes at several French refineries and discount promotions by market leader TotalEnergies, which led to a rush to gas stations.

Despite the government's call to end the ongoing strikes at refineries, workers decided Tuesday to continue the strikes.