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Columbia Gas crews and firefighters responded to a serious natural gas leak outside a residence in Andover, Massachusetts, according to the fire chief. Andover firefighters went to Bridle Path Road at the request of Columbia Gas shortly before 3 p.m. on Thursday and were notified that Columbia Gas was conducting a survey of the neighborhood when they received extremely high...

The company at the center of the natural gas explosions in Massachusetts in September says it has restored gas service to about 60 percent of affected homes, but nearly 1,760 families remain in temporary housing. The Sept. 13 blasts in Andover, Lawrence and North Andover destroyed or damaged more than 130 structures, injured dozens and left at least one person dead.

National Grid crews are going door to door Thursday to the last several houses left without gas in Woburn, Massachusetts after more than 300 residences had their service shut off.

As of Wednesday, gas service was fully restored for most residents in Woburn, Massachusetts. It’s a big relief for families who were without gas since Monday. “There was no bathing,” said Donna Donovan, whose house was among the roughly 300 in a Woburn neighborhood without some of the basics like heat and hot water. “I have gas,” said an excited...

No evacuations were necessary after gas meters where shut off in Woburn on Monday afternoon, but given the recent Merrimack Valley gas explosions, residents were on alert.

At the Merrimack River, which separates the northern part of Lawrence from the south side, countless people were crossing the bridge Friday evening leaving South Lawrence where the power is shut off. “We’re trying to get out of here,” said Gio Vargas. Vargas made multiple trips with his family back and forth over the bridge bringing as much as he...

The 13-year-old boy who fell into a sewer pipe during a family Easter celebration at Los Angeles’ Griffith Park thanked rescuers on Friday for saving his life.