'Major strain' from fuel shortage

Sun, Aug 14th 2011, 11:00 PM

By NOELLE NICOLLS

Tribune Staff Reporter

nnicolls@tribunemedia.net

A FUEL shortage on Acklins Island is placing a major strain on residents, it has been claimed.

Nais Service Station, the only gas station on the island, has been out of gas since last week Friday.

The KCT Mail Boat is expected to take fuel to the island on Wednesday or Thursday, but residents have no guarantees on when they will get relief.

Ton Hanna, owner of the mail boat and the service station, could not be reached for comment.

Local fishermen have been unable to get gas to power their boats and residents have had to park their cars. Some have spent hundreds of dollars to bring gas from Crooked Island, but most others have ...

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