Pipeline closure vexes drivers at US gas pumps
Brandon Balkcom fills up his motorcycle as cars line up at a Citgo in Atlanta, Georgia on May 11, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Gasoline stations from Florida to Virginia were running on empty as motorists made a run on gas as the closure of the US' largest fuel pipeline entered its fifth day Tuesday after an alleged ransomware attack. Officials urged customers not to hoard gasoline as Colonial Pipeline, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, has forecast that it will need until the weekend to substantially restore operations of the 5,500-mile pipeline network that supplies nearly half of the ...