Gasoline demand spikes in several states after pipeline hack By: CNN Andrew Sherman/Bloomberg/Getty Images
(CNN) A growing number of gas stations along the East Coast are without fuel as nervous drivers aggressively fill up their tanks following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, a critical artery for gasoline. The panic-buying threatens to exacerbate the supply shock.
As of 4 pm ET Tuesday, 8.5% of gas stations in North Carolina and 7.7% in Virginia didn t have gasoline, according to outage figures reported by GasBuddy, an app that tracks fuel prices and demand. The Virginia figure was flat from 11 am ET, while North Carolina was up from 5.8% previously.
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Why Americans are panic buying fuel
From CNN s Matt Egan and Allison Morrow
Cars line up to fill their gas tanks at a COSTCO at Tyvola Road in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 11. Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images
Several gas stations along the East Coast ran out of fuel Tuesday as worried
drivers aggressively filled their tanks.
Here s how we got here:
What is Colonial Pipeline? The Colonial Pipeline system spans more than 5,500 miles and transports about 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast. It transports 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and home heating oil.