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AAA officials to motorists: Stop panic-buying gas

At gas stations across Central Florida, people were filling up and topping off their gas tanks.

Some gas stations have plenty of fuel, while up the street from them, it’s a different story because people are panic-buying gas.

A spokesperson for AAA told Channel 9 on Wednesday to stop it.

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Mark Jenkins with AAA said deliveries continue in Florida. In fact, 90% of the gasoline is delivered by ships to the ports on the Gulf of Mexico.

“Florida remains well-supplied with gasoline, but now there is various outages in different markets due to a run-up on gasoline demand.”

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Jeff Levkulich joined the Eyewitness News team as a reporter in June 2015.

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