CINCINNATI — Brace yourself: gas prices in the Cincinnati area are jumping again, with some stations now nearing $5 a gallon.
This is the second time local gas stations have raised prices in the last 24 hours.
Prices first hit $4.29 on Monday at several stations. But late Tuesday, the Speedway station in Columbia Tusculum and others raised prices another 50 cents to $4.79 a gallon.
"4.79 on that sign — it's ridiculous, completely ridiculous," one driver at that station told us.
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Landscaper Demitrius Brooks ran out of gas and barely rolled his truck off Columbia Parkway. He said he cannot afford to fill up his truck at these prices.
"I got a can, and I got about $4 worth I'm putting in there," Brooks said. "That's gonna cut into everything. That's gonna break me down."
Mardi LaForce also said she cannot afford a fill-up at $4.79 and was just filling her tank halfway.
"I'm gonna put $25 in just to be on the safe side. $25 usually gives me half a tank," LaForce said.
Patrick DeHaan of GasBuddy tweeted a "second spike alert," something he has rarely seen before.
DeHaan said gas prices are now rising to $4.99 in parts of Ohio.
He blamed oil prices soaring to $110 a barrel, combined with refinery problems in Chicago.
Just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Fairfax Speedway jumped to $4.99 a gallon, just hours after hitting $4.79.
Prices are now very close to Cincinnati's all-time high of just over $5 a gallon from the summer of 2022.
Click here for WCPO's gas price map, showing the latest prices at local stations, powered by Gas Buddy.
If you see prices still at $4.29, consider that a relative bargain, so you don't waste your money.
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