A MASKED gunman escaped with £120 after raiding a petrol station in Burnley.

A police search team was called in and house-to-house inquiries were today underway following the robbery at the Parkhill Petropoint, in Padiham Road.

The robber, armed with a black handgun, struck at 10.20pm, leaving the elderly female cashier unhurt but shocked and distressed.

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