Three hundred thirty-nine homes in Woburn, Mass., were without power on Oct. 8 after National Grid shut off gas meters following the inadvertent over-pressurization of the natural gas line on Oct. 8, according to the Woburn Fire Dept.
“While performing routine maintenance on a regulator station … in Woburn at approximately 11:30 a.m. Monday, a National Grid gas technician inadvertently introduced excess gas into a portion of our system, National Grid stated. “The crew quickly recognized the error and within minutes, reduced the system to normal operating pressures,” she says. “The area is safe, and National Grid has the situation under control.”