Around 2:50 AM on September 23, 1983, an underground control that regulated the flow of natural gas failed, causing a surge of the fuel into the neighborhood of East Boston, Massachusetts. The sudden swell of gas rushed into businesses and residences, increasing the size of pilot lights to as much as a foot high.
Around 2:50 AM on September 23, 1983, an underground control that regulated the flow of natural gas failed, causing a surge of the fuel into the neighborhood of East Boston, Massachusetts. The sudden swell of gas rushed into businesses and residences, increasing the size of pilot lights to as much as a foot high.
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