AUSTRALIA-MELBOURNE-EMPTY SHELVES

MEL51-19980928-MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: A man searches for a loaf of bread as Melbourne households are without baked goods 28 September as a gas crisis hit the bakeries due to lack of gas after a fire devastated Victoria's main natural gas production plant 25 September. Bread stocks fell sharply as panic buying set in as millions of people were without gas, affecting a variety of industries. EPA PHOTO/AFP Paul CROCK