<sod>The '''East Boston gas surge''' was a series of fires and at least one explosion that took place early on the morning of September 23, 1983.  An underground control that regulated the flow of [[natural gas]] failed, causing a surge of the fuel into the neighborhood of [[East Boston, Massachusetts|East Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE0D81E38F937A1575AC0A965948260</ref><eod>
<sod>The '''East Boston gas surge''' was a series of fires and at least one explosion that took place early on the morning of September 23, 1983.  An underground control that regulated the flow of [[natural gas]] failed, causing a surge of the fuel into the neighborhood of [[East Boston, Massachusetts|East Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>http://iquery.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE0D81E38F937A1575AC0A965948260</ref><eod>