BREAKING POLICE: MULTIPLE FIRES, SUSPECTED GAS EXPLOSIONS IN MERRIMACK VALLEY
Police: Multiple fires, suspected gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover
Todd A. Prussman Thursday, September 13, 2018
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Multiple house fires at homes with Gas service. If you have gas service to your house or business please exit the building until further notice.
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Police and fire officials are urging residents to evacuate homes with gas service, and clear out of the southern portion of Lawrence and adjacent communities as police and fire officials respond to Andover, Lawrence and North Andover where there are reports of multiple fires and suspected gas explosions.
Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera said "If you small gas, you gotta get out of your home"
The Massachusetts State Police said in a tweet:
"MSP Troopers on scene, more responding, to Lawrence/Andover/North Andover to assist with scene security and traffic control after multiple suspected gas explosions and structure fires."
North Andover Police advised residents with gas service in their house to evacuate, "Multiple house fires at homes with Gas service. If you have gas service to your house or business please exit the building until further notice."
Lawrence City Council President Kendrys Vasquez said residents are being evacuated to the northern part of the city.
"Our number one priority is to evacuate residents to the northern part of the city," he said in an interview with WHDH TV
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MSP Troopers on scene, more responding, to Lawrence/Andover/North Andover to assist with scene security and traffic control after multiple suspected gas explosions and structure fires. Developing.
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Still being sorted out. I keep thinking that what about the kids that come home from school before their parents? Praying here. So far no reports of deaths.
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Be a miracle if there are no deaths and I hope that is the case.... Explosions.....
Something wrong with the gas which caused it explode more easily than it normally would?? I am assuming this is what we used to call "natural gas" as opposed to "bottle gas"...
Be a miracle if there are no deaths and I hope that is the case.... Explosions.....
Something wrong with the gas which caused it explode more easily than it normally would?? I am assuming this is what we used to call "natural gas" as opposed to "bottle gas"...
Yes, Natural gas. Some sort of a surge in how much was being pushed through the pipes. 1 dead and 20 injuries is what I am hearing this morning.
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I was reading the articles. I'm sure they have a lot of investigating left to do, but it looks like they were working on the line and extra pressure got pushed through. Lines are supposed to be able to handle double the normal pressure, but "old or un-maintenanced" lines could be compromised. Well, dumbasses - there are old homes in there, that should have been a consideration.
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I was reading the articles. I'm sure they have a lot of investigating left to do, but it looks like they were working on the line and extra pressure got pushed through. Lines are supposed to be able to handle double the normal pressure, but "old or un-maintenanced" lines could be compromised. Well, dumbasses - there are old homes in there, that should have been a consideration.
They were working to replace the infrastructure. And yet double the amount that can get through on the utility's lines, but hadn't done the homes yet.
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The pressure in gas pipelines that ended up exploding and causing multiple fires in Boston-area communities last week was 12 times higher than normal, according to a letter from Massachusetts’ senators demanding the utility responsible for the lines comply with federal investigators.
Even as Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced earlier this week that residents of North Andover, Andover and Lawrence are allowed to go back to their homes, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey requested a Commerce Committee hearing with the heads of Columbia Gas and its parent company, NiSource.
“The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has reported that the pressure in the Columbia Gas system should have been around 0.5 pounds per square inch, but readings in the area reached at least 6 PSI – twelve times higher than the system was intended to hold,” Markey and Warren wrote in a letter addressed to the two companies.
The fires and explosions – which affected 70 locations and “destroyed as many as 80 homes and buildings," the senators say -- also killed one person and left 25 injured.
The senators added: “We write to request that you provide us with information in order to help the American people understand why this terrible disaster occurred, whether the company was sufficiently prepared to respond to an incident of this magnitude, and how we can prevent any similar tragedy in the future."
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Affected residents are being given hot plates to cook on and space heaters. A lot of these homes are old ones. So as the items are being handed out, electricians are going into the homes to make sure the electrical systems can handle these appliances.
The goal is Nov 19th to have gas restored. YIKES
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