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A pensioner who spilled petrol when he filled up his car at a supermarket was sent a bill for £670 to clean it up. Ron Wyde, 69, was buying four-star at a Morrison’s store when a pipe on his petrol tank came loose. Two litres of petrol spilled out and Mr Wyde explained the leak when he paid at the kiosk. He waited as the fire service arrived for a quick clean-up operation at the filling station in Barry, South Wales. However, a week later Mr Wyde received a letter from Morrison’s demanding £670 – and a warning they would send bailiffs round if he didn’t pay-up. The letter explained they sent two service engineers from Wigan, Lancashire, to make sure the petrol station was safe. The bill stated he spent six hours travelling the 440-mile round trip to Barry for the job – which took just 40 minutes using a jet wash. Mr Wyde, a retired pipefitter, said: “It would be laughable if it wasn’t such a big bill. “It was a small amount of petrol – about two quids worth. “The fire service had cleaned it up in minutes and they didn’t charge for that. “I was amazed to get such a huge bill – it was a complete surprise. More