Police in a North Carolina city advised residents Wednesday to "limit non-essential travel" and stop hoarding gasoline as the state grapples with a fuel shortage following a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline.
Fox News Bryan Llenas reports on panic-buying of gasoline after the Colonial pipeline cyberattack.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is warning residents in and around the North Carolina city to limit non-essential travel as panic buying following the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline last week is increasingly causing the state’s gas pumps to run dry.
The development comes as an analyst from the website GasBuddy – which tracks fuel prices around the U.S. – reported that 71% of gas stations in the Charlotte area are currently out of fuel. If you do not have to come out and go out, please do not, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Capt. Brad Koch told reporters Wednesday.