Colonial Pipeline restart makes 'substantial progress', will take 'several days' for normal return
Finding gas Friday morning remains a problem, but relief is on the way.
Colonial Pipeline has restarted its pipeline system and says people should expect a return to normal in "several days."
Gas Buddy estimates 71 percent of North Carolina gas stations were out of fuel as of Thursday night--that's a slight improvement from 74 percent Wednesday night.
State officials continue to encourage people to not panic buy. They say people rushing out to fill up all their vehicles and topping off their tanks despite not really needing it was a major reason for all the gas station outages.