Pumped dry in Grand Pre

Wendy Elliott

The Irving station in Grand Pre was out of gas Friday, July 29. A shortage due to a lightning strike at Dartmouth's Imperial Refinery is believed to be the cause.

Published on July 30, 2011; Published on July 30, 2011
Transcontinental Staff The Register/Advertiser

Topics :: Imperial Oil , Dartmouth

Grand Pre’s Irving station was all out of fuel July 29.

Heading into the long weekend there was a shortage of gas in several parts of the province related to a lightening strike earlier in the month at the Imperial Oil refinery in Dartmouth. The Imperial refinery supplies a number of companies with fuel.

An Irving officials could not confirm the connection between the refinery outage and Grand Pre's dry tanks July 29.

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