When an event "like this occurs, it doesn't take much gas to create conditions capable of producing fires or explosions. " A home in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was destroyed during a series of gas explosions and fires in the Merrimack Valley in September 2018. GETTY IMAGES N F PA . O R G / J O U R N A L * NFPA JOURNAL Feature gas 11.20 DCS FINAL (10.29.20).indd 57 | 57 10/30/20 10:57 AMhttp://nfpa.org/journal