Days after the Merrimack Valley gas explosions, the company responsible for the gas lines around that region — says it could take months to restore gas to some 8,500 affected customers.

Thousands of Merrimack Valley residents have been given the all clear to return home, but many are still trying to recoup all that they’ve lost.

As residents return home with neighbors' support, damage assessments, claim filings, and new living arrangements are being made.

Lawrence residents are trying to get back to life as usual, but the anxiety is hard to shake.

Days after dozens of gas-related fires rocked the Merrimack Valley, local officials are working to get residents back in their homes after mass evacuations.

On the lawn outside the center, a local food truck is churning out free pizza as volunteers head inside carrying crates of bottled water and toilet paper. A collection of center staff, city officials, local police, Red Cross volunteers, and residents displaced from their homes are chatting away.

Eighteen-year-old Leonel Rondon died when a chimney fell on his car following one of the explosions.