Vehicles cannot start as fuel becomes ice
Many cars in the northern parts of Laos appear not to have started in the cold weather and some people have speculated that maybe the stranded motorists were using low grade fuels.
Last week saw many vehicles in the northern provinces of Phongsaly, Huaphan and Xieng Khuang out of work as they could not start due to the fuel lines freezing up.
Deputy Director of the State Fuel Enterprise Mr Phayboun Phomphaphithak told Vientiane Times on 3 February that low grade fuels will start to freeze at a temperature of 0 Celsius.
