Gas Explosions Set Neighborhoods on Fire

PilotMan · 09-13-2018, 10:04 PM

They're up to 40 homes in 3 different neighborhoods now. I'm not sure what the backstory is, or what caused it, but I can't imagine the chaos and horror that must be going through these neighborhoods tonight. I do worry about that gas line that comes in the house. It's a sad story.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...-idUSKCN1LT3E5

molson · 09-13-2018, 10:12 PM

Now 75 structures on fire (or were at one time), everyone across 3 cities who used a particular gas company were evacuated.

One of the city's fire chiefs said that the city wasn't able to get a hold of the gas company until 4 hours after the fires started. The company had notified customers that work was starting today to replace a bunch of gas lines.

And I was reading about one officer whose house burned down while he was on patrol. The local fire crews were so overwhelmed that nobody could respond in time (probably a bunch of houses in that situation).

Lathum · 09-13-2018, 10:21 PM

FBI apparently getting involved.

RainMaker · 09-13-2018, 11:30 PM

Sounds like overpressurized gas lines. They were working on them earlier and I'm guessing someone or something fucked up.

An 18 year old has died unfortunately.

BishopMVP · 09-13-2018, 11:41 PM

Damn, that's terrifying. It's a little over 30 minutes from where I grew up & my parents live, and we still play 2/3 towns in lacrosse (the Andovers... it's definitely an odd area where a white collar town (Andover) meets a blue collar town (North Andover) meets a town that's half hard working immigrants and half ghetto (Lawrence).

Vince, Pt. II · 09-14-2018, 04:15 PM

As someone who works for his local utility and specializes in gas emergency response, it is unfathomable to me that it could have taken 4 hours for someone to get in touch with a company representative. If this isn't a reporting error or a poorly-worded effort to say it took that long to get an official statement, that is terrifying.

RainMaker · 10-11-2018, 10:56 PM

This is what happens when a gas company chooses cheap contractors over skilled labor. Don't cheap out when it comes to stuff like this.

#BREAKING NTSB releases preliminary vote on Merrimack Valley explosions. Says contractor disconnected main with sensors on it, which detected drop in gas pressure - caused system to flood the line with gas to compensate pic.twitter.com/Kv2rCyOQvP
— WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) October 11, 2018

RainMaker · 10-11-2018, 10:59 PM

And for those who don't know, the gas company locked out the union workers and hired this hack company instead. They also almost blew up another neighborhood the other day.

Cross your fingers if you're in the Boston area.

NEW: National Grid confirms to @wbznewsradio there was a "brief period of over-pressurization" of gas in #Woburn today, at Wyman and Hart Streets. It happened during routine maintenance. They say there's no damage to the system and area is safe; gas is shut off to 300 homes.
— WBZ NewsRadio (@wbznewsradio) October 8, 2018

09-13-2018, 10:12 PM	#2
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Now 75 structures on fire (or were at one time), everyone across 3 cities who used a particular gas company were evacuated. One of the city's fire chiefs said that the city wasn't able to get a hold of the gas company until 4 hours after the fires started. The company had notified customers that work was starting today to replace a bunch of gas lines. And I was reading about one officer whose house burned down while he was on patrol. The local fire crews were so overwhelmed that nobody could respond in time (probably a bunch of houses in that situation). Last edited by molson : 09-13-2018 at 10:14 PM.

10-11-2018, 10:56 PM	#7
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	This is what happens when a gas company chooses cheap contractors over skilled labor. Don't cheap out when it comes to stuff like this. #BREAKING NTSB releases preliminary vote on Merrimack Valley explosions. Says contractor disconnected main with sensors on it, which detected drop in gas pressure - caused system to flood the line with gas to compensate pic.twitter.com/Kv2rCyOQvP — WBZ \| CBS Boston News (@wbz) October 11, 2018

10-11-2018, 10:59 PM	#8
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	And for those who don't know, the gas company locked out the union workers and hired this hack company instead. They also almost blew up another neighborhood the other day. Cross your fingers if you're in the Boston area. NEW: National Grid confirms to @wbznewsradio there was a "brief period of over-pressurization" of gas in #Woburn today, at Wyman and Hart Streets. It happened during routine maintenance. They say there's no damage to the system and area is safe; gas is shut off to 300 homes. — WBZ NewsRadio (@wbznewsradio) October 8, 2018

09-13-2018, 10:21 PM	#3
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	FBI apparently getting involved.

09-13-2018, 11:30 PM	#4
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Sounds like overpressurized gas lines. They were working on them earlier and I'm guessing someone or something fucked up. An 18 year old has died unfortunately.

09-13-2018, 11:41 PM	#5
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Damn, that's terrifying. It's a little over 30 minutes from where I grew up & my parents live, and we still play 2/3 towns in lacrosse (the Andovers... it's definitely an odd area where a white collar town (Andover) meets a blue collar town (North Andover) meets a town that's half hard working immigrants and half ghetto (Lawrence).

09-14-2018, 04:15 PM	#6
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	As someone who works for his local utility and specializes in gas emergency response, it is unfathomable to me that it could have taken 4 hours for someone to get in touch with a company representative. If this isn't a reporting error or a poorly-worded effort to say it took that long to get an official statement, that is terrifying.

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