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Date: September 13, 2018 at 16:31:29
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Massachusetts explosions |
URL: That's not good... |
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Multiple suspected gas blasts and fires across North
Boston have caused mass evacuations.
Emergency crews in the US have responded to the
explosions which have damaged homes across three
communities in the north of the state.
At least 20 homes are thought to have been on fire in
Massachusetts, according to police chief Joseph
Solomon.
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Date: September 13, 2018 at 16:40:07
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Latest reports say 39 fires(NT) |
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Date: September 13, 2018 at 17:26:25
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Up to 50 properties now from what I just read |
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Date: September 14, 2018 at 18:39:32
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Up to 50 properties now / update |
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/massachusetts-gas-explosions-fires.html |
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audio visual at link
After Massachusetts Gas Explosions, Weary Residents Ask, What Happened?
By Katharine Q. Seelye and Farah Stockman
Sept. 14, 2018
LAWRENCE, Mass. — For miles around, the neighborhoods were empty and silent. Stores were dark,
schools closed, sidewalks empty. At corners, the stoplights were powerless and blank, but it didn’t really
matter since only a few cars ventured out.
The jarring, still-life scenes across parts of three Massachusetts towns on Friday followed a chaotic,
cacophonous night of explosions and gas-fueled fires that killed one person, injured more than 20
others, left behind charred homes and piles of rubble, and drove thousands of people from their homes.
State and federal investigators said they were searching for the cause of the sudden chain of incidents
in parts of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. But political leaders and residents expressed growing
frustration and impatience with Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, whose natural gas lines have been a
central focus of inquiry.
As weary residents, some of whom are staying in shelters, complained that the company had failed to
explain what caused the explosions or to quickly make repairs, Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of
emergency. The step was needed, he indicated, to remove Columbia Gas from leading the repair of the
gas lines. Announcing that he was turning the efforts over to a different gas company, Eversource, the
governor was pointed in his criticism of Columbia Gas.
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