FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): The gas price slide across most of the nation has continued for the third straight week, but experts with GasBuddy say planned fall refinery maintenance that put the Midwest in the spotlight as the region hardest hit with rate reductions will begin to wrap up this month.

In Fort Wayne, average retail gas prices jumped 13 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.22 per gallon Sunday, while the national average stands at $2.18 per gallon.