AFTER a fuel pipeline leak, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has issued a state of emergency.
The leak was detected on Thursday in Long Beach, California, at a station that supplies fuel to Las Vegas, according to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, the company that operates the pipeline.
On Friday evening, Lombardo publicly confirmed a state of emergency for Nevada.
“Tonight, I declared a state of emergency to help mitigate the impact of the California fuel pipeline leak in Southern Nevada,” he wrote in a Twitter post.
He attached the official declaration from the governor’s office in the tweet as well.
Lombardo also urged citizens not to panic-buy fuel and create “unnecessary shortages.”
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