Virginia Gas Shortage: Where To Find Gas In Reston

RESTON, VA — Drivers in Reston and throughout Virginia are finding a rude awakening at gas stations this week. Panic buying following a cyberattack and temporary shutdown of a regional pipeline has led to widespread gas shortages in the region.

As of early Wednesday morning, 15 percent of Virginia's nearly 3,900 stations were without gasoline, up from 7 percent Tuesday afternoon, according to GasBuddy

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency Tuesday to help the state prepare for potential supply shortages. The emergency declaration also allows state authorities to crack down on price gouging of gas and fuel.

Patch reached out on Neighbor posts and Facebook to readers on around the area, asking them to share their experiences shopping for gas.

Pedro A Vera-Perez at first said the gas station at Lake Anne still had gas for sale priced over $3 per a gallon with no lines.

"I spoke too soon," he said, a short time later. "Wife walks in just now and tells me that Lake Anne station is jammed."

Another Reston resident named Jeff said on Neighbor posts that he drove from Reston to Fairfax and none of the stations he encountered had gas for sale.

"Just went to Costco on West Ox Road and the line of cars was at least 1/4 mile long," he said. "Same for the 7-Eleven across the street."

Drivers can scout ahead for fuel by using online tools, such as the website and phone app Gas Buddy, which has updates on stations that still have gas supply and those that are running low.

Reston's Sue Brickman said the Exxon Fair Lakes was out yesterday.

"Went to the Exxon station in Great Falls at 7:15 and they were taping the pumps," Linda Friedenthal said, in a Neighbor Post. "They were already out of gas."

Jim Suh wrote on Facebook that the Sunoco at the corner of Sunset Hills Road and Old Reston Avenue wasn't seeing much traffic, but Michael Nassif replied that the station was out of gas.

According to GasBuddy, the following gas stations in Reston still had gas as of early Wednesday afternoon:

• Exxon, 1818 Wiehle Ave., Reston
• Sunoco, 11190 South Lakes Drive, Reston
• Exxon, 11808 Baron Cameron Ave., Reston
• Exxon, 2601 Quincy Adams Drive, Herndon
• Sunoco, 10701 Leesburg Pike, Herndon
• Shell, 12219 Leesburg Pike, Herndon
• Wawa, 23055 Oakgrove Road, Sterling
• Exxon, 45601 Falke Plaza, Sterling
• Sheetz, 45550 Dulles Plaza, Sterling
• Shell, 46960 Harry Byrd Highway, Sterling

Do you know of a gas station in town that still has supply? Tell us about it in the comment section.

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