Fuel stations across Portugal are running out of petrol days after tanker drivers began a nationwide strike, prompting drivers to frantically buy up fuel supplies.

Footage filmed at 23:30pm the night of April 17, shows one of the last fuel stations with petrol in Cascais, a suburb of Lisbon, as a queue of cars rapidly forms, as word spread on the internet that the station still had fuel available.

Thousands of other service stations had been completed emptied as people went in panic buying all across the country.

The Portuguese government declared an energy emergency crisis on Tuesday (April 16), tanker drivers agreed to supply essential services such as hospitals and airports, but there is still no end in sight.

Fuel stations across Portugal are running out of petrol days after tanker drivers began a nationwide strike.

The Portuguese government declared an energy emergency crisis on Tuesday, tanker drivers agreed to supply essential services such as hospitals and airports, but still no end in sight.

Footage captured at 23:30pm 17th April, shows one of the last Fuel Station with Petrol in Cascais (suburbs of Lisbon), with a quick forming cue as the word just spread out on the internet that that station in particular still had some. Thousands of other service stations had been completed emptied as people went in panic buying all across the country.