Snow-Covered Gas Meter Causes Explosion, Fire In Canton
CANTON (CBS) -- A snow-covered gas meter caused an explosion at a Canton building early Sunday morning.
The gas-fed fire started at about 2 a.m. in the three-story brick building on Shawmut Road, where SOFTRAX and one of the offices of Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey is located.
Canton Fire Chief Charles Doody said firefighters let the flames burn until the gas company showed up a few hours later.
"There was an explosion in the boiler room," he told WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Kim Tunnicliffe. "If we had put the fire out, it would have filled the building with gas and probably created a higher hazard."
The building has been deemed structurally unsound and a spokesman for Morrissey said they're looking for alternate locations for workers.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Kim Tunnicliffe reports: