CINCINNATI (AP) — Gas pumps went dry for several hours at a Cincinnati station that had been jammed with customers hurrying to take advantage of the relatively low price of $3.66 for a gallon of unleaded.

Shonda Coughman says she rushed to the Thornton’s station in the city’s Bond Hill neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after getting a phone call about the bargain from her mother.

Most of the other stations in Cincinnati are selling unleaded at close to $4 a gallon.

Delores Calloway tried to get in line for gas, but gave up when she saw the station’s long lines. She says she tried again during the evening rush hour, and made it to a pump just as the station ran out of gas.

The station refilled and was back to selling gas later Tuesday night, but the price is now up to $3.94 a gallon.

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