The governor of Massachusetts declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of gas explosions killed a teen and injured 25 others in an area just north of Boston. Charlie Baker made the announcement at a press conference, adding that he was placing Eversource Energy, another utility company, in charge of the response. “This is something the mayor and the lieutenant governor and I have talked about, over the course of the last hour. An estimated 8,000 people were displaced after a series of natural gas explosions set off fires in 60 to 80 homes. The utility company that serviced the affected homes, Columbia Gas, announced earlier Thursday that it would be upgrading gas lines in neighborhoods across the state, including the area where the explosions happened.

Source: Fox News September 14, 2018 22:05 UTC