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According to witness reports, the leak likely started at around 1:30 or 2:00 p.m., but students were not officially informed of the situation until 3 p.m. Most students, instead, resorted to quizzing fire-fighters on the scene for information...
Murphy added that this weekend’s “torrential” rains likely contributed to the leak, as the precipitation could have created sink-holes around the gas main, which had allowed the gas to escape from a pre-existing crack. The gas then likely followed the newly-installed water main that feeds Old Quincy’s sprinkler system into the building...
...follows the path of least resistance,” Murphy said. “The soil around the recent excavation [for the water main] probably isn’t as compact as the surrounding soil...
According to witness reports, the leak likely started at around 1:30 or 2:00 p.m., but students were not officially informed of the situation until 3 p.m. Most students, instead, resorted to quizzing fire-fighters on the scene for information...
Murphy added that this weekend’s “torrential” rains likely contributed to the leak, as the precipitation could have created sink-holes around the gas main, which had allowed the gas to escape from a pre-existing crack. The gas then likely followed the newly-installed water main that feeds Old Quincy’s sprinkler system into the building...