Brit holiday warning as tourists roast in 35C Gibraltar with no WATER after fire at water plant

THOUSANDS of Brit tourists have been left without drinking water as Gibraltar faces severe water shortages – prompting desperate families to rush to the Spanish border. Taps are going dry amid a 35C heatwave after a fire damaged a pipe essential to pumping fresh water to Gibraltar homes, utility companies AquaGib and GibElec said. Panic-buying has stripped supermarket shelves of bottled water, leaving Brits and locals with no choice but to travel across the border to Spain to purchase water. Victoria Taylor, 28, who is in Gibraltar visiting her in-laws, told The Sun: “I arrived last night and there were already rumours in Gatwick before we boarded that Gibraltar had run out of water.” The mum, who is staying in the family residence for the summer with her husband and her three sons 11, seven and five, claims desperate locals were being stopped from entering Spain . She said: “I was at the airport, which is just beside the border queue. “There were lots of beeping and it was pandemonium. “Gibraltarians were being turned back at the border as they were going to Spain to buy bottled water. READ MORE IN WORLD NEWS 'RUSSIA HAS TO PAY' Video of 'Russian… Read full this story

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