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Drivers lined up overnight at many forecourts but yesterday afternoon there was evidence queue sizes were reducing.

A Texaco garage in Newton Heath, Manchester, which had an empty forecourt and large reserves, displayed a sign saying “We Have Fuel!”

Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) chairman Brian Madderson said: “It is panic buying when you go to fill up your car to the entirety of its tank capacity, which you wouldn’t normally do.”

“The average fill across the UK is about £25. We have seen people filling up to £100.”

Some stations had £30 caps on fuel, but Mr Madderson said it was “confrontational” and PRA members “don’t want to put our staff at risk”.

Meanwhile a 49-year-old woman from Wilmslow, Cheshire, whose parents have terminal cancer, feared she would be unable to reach the hospital in an emergency after running out of fuel.

Charity SERV, which delivers vital blood products to Kent hospitals, say 50 percent of volunteers have been without fuel since Friday night.

And the GMB union has called for taxis to be deemed an essential service.

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