An ambulance with its siren blaring was held up by huge queues of traffic rushing to buy petrol amid mass panic at the pumps due to Britain's fuel crisis.
Footage taken last night in Bromley, Greater London, shows cars gridlocked on a road near a Shell petrol station.
An ambulance moves down the road trying to cross but is unable to bypass the packed lines of traffic.
A witness said the ambulance ended up hitting a car before it parked and exchanged details with the driver, further delaying the rush to the emergency.
It comes as police have also jumped ahead of queues of traffic at a Hackney petrol station to avoid running out of fuel.
An ambulance with its siren blaring was held up by huge queues of traffic rushing to buy petrol amid mass panic at the pumps due to Britain's fuel crisis
Footage taken last night in Bromley, Greater London, shows cars gridlocked on a road near a Shell petrol station
It comes as police have also jumped ahead of queues of traffic at a Hackney petrol station to avoid running out of fuel
Officers said: 'We had to jump the queue, our cars are empty and we can't get to the depot in Romford to refill'
More petrol stations are being forced to close after running out of fuel as Britons continue to panic buy amid fears of a shortage
Officers said: 'We had to jump the queue, our cars are empty and we can't get to the depot in Romford to refill.'
More petrol stations are being forced to close after running out of fuel as Britons continue to panic buy amid fears of a shortage.
One motorist said: 'I have been driving around Croydon, Bromley, Westerham, Oxted and Godstone for two hours and passed over twenty garages.
'Eighteen were completely shut and two had queues so long, you couldn’t even join them.'
Grant Shapps today claimed the fuel crisis has been 'manufactured' as he accused haulage firms of sparking panic buying after they warned of HGV driver shortages.
The Transport Secretary said 'there is plenty of fuel' to go around as he urged motorists to be 'sensible' and to 'fill up when you normally would'.
He said the rush to forecourts which has seen lengthy queues at stations across the country 'will come to an end' because soon 'everyone's cars will be more or less filled up'.
Mr Shapps said the chaos is a 'manufactured situation' in comments likely to spark fury among retailers and transport bosses.
It came as experts warned panic buying 'is going to get worse before it gets better' as the nation faces a 'catastrophic situation'.
Grant Shapps today claimed the fuel crisis has been 'manufactured' as he accused haulage firms of sparking panic buying after they warned of HGV driver shortages
The Transport Secretary said 'there is plenty of fuel' to go around as he urged motorists to be 'sensible' and to 'fill up when you normally would'
Experts warned panic buying 'is going to get worse before it gets better' as the nation faces a 'catastrophic situation'
There is an estimated shortfall of 90,000 HGV drivers in the UK freight sector.
The Government has announced plans to offer 5,000 three-month visas to foreign lorry drivers in a short term bid to
