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Inquiry into Morrisons contaminated petrol from Murco, Milford Haven | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Murco is investigating how contaminated fuel was delivered to west Wales supermarkets from its Milford Haven refinery. | |
Cars broke down after motorists bought unleaded petrol from Morrisons forecourts in Carmarthen and Llanelli. | |
Any motorist who thinks their car has been affected is advised not to start their vehicle and to contact Morrisons. | |
Sales of unleaded petrol have been halted at the two stations. | Sales of unleaded petrol have been halted at the two stations. |
Motorist Marc Skone bought £40 of petrol from the shop but only got 100 metres from the station forecourt when his car broke down. | |
He said: "It has cost £150 plus VAT to drain the tank. So that's around £210 that has left my account this morning, something I can't afford with Christmas coming." | He said: "It has cost £150 plus VAT to drain the tank. So that's around £210 that has left my account this morning, something I can't afford with Christmas coming." |
'Reimbursed' | |
Morrisons said the pumps would not reopen until it was confident the problem has been resolved. | |
The spokeswoman added: "We apologise to those motorists affected and are doing everything we can to support them. | The spokeswoman added: "We apologise to those motorists affected and are doing everything we can to support them. |
"Customers affected will be reimbursed for their fuel, vehicle recovery and any repairs which are needed." | "Customers affected will be reimbursed for their fuel, vehicle recovery and any repairs which are needed." |
A spokesperson for Murco said a number of deliveries of unleaded fuel from its Pembrokeshire refinery may have been contaminated by water. | |
"We are currently carrying out an investigation to determine whether such contamination has occurred at our site and its cause," the statement read. | |
"Until such time we complete our investigation we will maintain additional controls to ensure that any fuel leaving the site is free of contamination." |