Many residents feel anxious about gas risks and are looking for answers in the wake of the Merrimack Valley gas fires and explosions.

Local and state leaders met with business owners yesterday to offer assurances that assistance is coming.

Councilor Matt O’Malley, the council’s Environment & Sustainability Committee chair, called for a hearing to speak with gas company officials and regulators about the conditions of Boston's gas infrastructure — considered to be some of the oldest in the country.

There are still more questions than answers when it comes to those explosions and gas fires that forced the evacuation of thousands of Merrimack Valley residents last week.

Residents and business owners in South Lawrence are tallying costs and trying to cope after multiple explosions and fires tore through the Merrimack Valley.

Columbia Gas has reported 11 hazardous materials incidents since 2010 before last week’s blasts, including at least two explosions.

The full episode of Greater Boston from September 17, 2018.

The lawsuit, and others like it, are getting pushback from Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera, who said Tuesday that he worries the firms are taking advantage of victims.

Forty-eight miles of gas pipeline has to be replaced, and Eversource estimates that it will likely take weeks for gas to be fully restored.

Gonzalez told reporters Monday he's worked with locked-out National Grid employees who have warned DPU officials that temporary workers are committing safety violations.