The average price of gasoline in the U.S. has fallen to $2.98 per gallon, according to GasBuddy. The national average is down 19.3 cents from a month ago and is 15.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.

TMJ4 spoke with drivers who noticed the sudden price increase while filling up their tanks. Louis Boscarino and David Zastrow were among those caught off guard by the higher costs.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Gas prices in the Wausau area jumped from below $2.50 per gallon on Monday to over $2.90 on Tuesday following a refinery fire just outside Gary, Indiana. Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst with GasBuddy, said the price hike should be temporary as the refinery situation gets resolved.

According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Texas is now lower than it was a year ago.

An outage at the Midwest's largest oil refinery is causing gas prices to surge across the entire Great Lakes region.

The national average price for a gallon of gas has dipped below $3, according to Gas Buddy, but that low of prices aren’t being seen in Pennsylvania

The national average price of diesel has decreased 3.7 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.591 per gallon. The national average is down 19.3 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 15.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data.