Word: leak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...damaged pipe in the air conditioning system of an adjoining office area had begun to leak, producing an inundation that lasted in some places for more than three hours...
Anctil said the leak continued for approximately three hours. Large pails were set out under the leak, which covered an area that Anctil estimated at between 30 to 40 feet. An off-duty fire fighter who happened to pass by alerted the Cambridge fire department to the situation...
...absence of insulin, certain cells, such as those in the lens of the eye, continue to absorb glucose. But without insulin, glucose cannot be processed in the usual way; the cell instead converts it to sorbitol. The abnormal accumulation of sorbitol causes cell membranes to swell and leak. It also interferes with vital biochemical processes...
Metropolitan District Commission Police cordoned off the area shortly after the leak broke out, barring all public access to the area. Burns said that the area was still too dangerous to allow the public to enter...
Fire officials received a call about the spill at 10:52 a.m., after city water officials found themselves unable to handle the problem alone, Reardon said. He said a defective valve in a full chlorine tank being placed into service caused the leak...