Unable to buy gasoline, a group of young people rushed into a 'mess' with employees, threatening to come back and burn the gas station?

The shortage of gasoline in Ho Chi Minh City recently caused chaos at a gas station when a group of 5 young people attacked employees because they did not have enough gasoline.

On October 12, on social networks, a video was circulated on social networks that recorded a scene where a group of customers brought a 5-liter can to buy gasoline and couldn't buy gasoline when a fight broke out with many employees of a gas station in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City. . According to the clip, the man went with a group of friends to the gas station on Nguyen Duy Trinh Street, Phu Huu Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City. After the friend poured 40,000 money into the car, the man accompanying him brought out a 5-liter can and asked to fill it up. But the staff explained here that only gasoline is poured directly into the car. If poured into a can only sell 1.5 liters.

After a while of arguing, the two sides then started arguing, and then got into a fight right at the gas station. The incident only stopped when someone intervened. Sharing with the press, Mr.T. (gas station manager) said the incident happened at about 8pm on October 11. "If you buy it and pour it into the car, you only need 1.5 liters. Selling a full 5-liter can don't know what to do, if you store it in the house, there is a potential risk of fire and explosion. At that time, the gas station was in operation. ran out of gas, was refueling from the tank truck. The group of people before leaving said they would bring gasoline back to burn the gas station, so I was very worried," said Mr. T.

The case was then reported to the authorities, the Phu Huu ward police were present to record the incident. Mr. T. added, after the incident, many employees in the gas station felt worried. In the past few days, the gasoline situation has become "stressful" when many customers who waited for a long time to buy gasoline were also angry and scolded employees.

In the past few days, in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces, they have fallen into a state of "thirst for gasoline". Since early morning, many petrol stations have not been operating, but the people of Ho Chi Minh City have "arranged" in front of the barricade. They lined up in a horizontal line, "surrounding" the gas station. Everyone has money on hand, opens the trunk of a motorbike to remove the gas cap. When the gas station staff pulled the barricade, they immediately flooded inside the painting to fill up.

Many petrol and oil shops "entrenched" continuously for the past few days to "squeeze gas" or "stop selling" for many days, making it difficult for people to refuel and travel. Meanwhile, the stores that sell goods are seriously overloaded. The fact that people surrounded the gas station to pour caused chaos in many places, the staff of the gas station had to work at full capacity.

On the national highway 61 - from the city. Rach Gia arrives at Go Quao district (Kien Giang), bordering with Ho Chi Minh City. Vi Thanh (Hau Giang) has more than 20 shops hanging the sign "out of gas"; Some stores are open, but when someone comes to buy, the staff shakes their heads. Notably, among the stores that run out of petrol and oil, there is also Petrolimex's petrol system.

At a Petrolimex gas station in the city. Rach Gia (Kien Giang), this time there are a lot of vehicles jostling to fill up gas. When someone came to ask to buy, the shop staff said: "Cars are only allowed to pour 100,000 VND, and motorbikes are 30,000 VND but can't sell more". Many people have to walk for dozens of kilometers because they cannot find a gas station.

Faced with this situation, this morning on October 12, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that it would meet with the main traders of petroleum production and the main traders of petroleum to remove difficulties for the petroleum business. , ensuring the supply of petroleum for the market in the near future. As expected, the meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, together with the participation of the Ministry of Finance, the Vietnam Petroleum Association, the main producer and the main trader of petrol and oil.

Earlier, on the evening of October 10, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said: In recent days, there has been a phenomenon that some petrol and oil retail businesses have applied to close or temporarily suspend their business, concentrated in some provinces, In cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, Binh Phuoc, Dak Lak... This phenomenon, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's assessment, is "uncommon", with more than 100 closed stores out of a total of 17,000 stores currently operating. work.