Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions/Columbia Gas Crisis 2018
On September 13, 2018, excessive pressure in natural gas lines owned by Columbia Gas of Massachusetts caused a series of explosions and fires to occur in as many as 40 homes, with over 80 individual fires, in the Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts. One person was killed and 30,000 were forced to evacuate their homes.
Merrimack Valley gas explosions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_gas_explosions
BBC Radio September 14, 2018 (Broadcast features Governor Charlie Baker, Andrew Flanagan, Andover Town Manager, Andrew Maylor, North Andover Town Manager and Dan River, Mayor of Lawrence)
BBC Radio Broadcast September 14, 2018
CNN interview with Andover Fire Chief Michael Mansfield September 13, 2018
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