Who likes dinner cooked on a hot plate? That's what residents of the George Washington houses are going to be eating for the next two months, as crews working on the 2nd Avenue subway mistakenly shut off the gas instead of water. MTA Chairman Jay Walder apologized, telling NY1, This is a mistake of a contractor, and the impact of that is the burden falls on over 100 people who are affected by that and lose their service." But wait, it's going to take two months to get the gas back? more ›

Will 2010 be the summer of bomb scares? The latest in a seemingly endless series took place in Jersey City this morning, where police and firefighters investigating a gas leak found a crude bomb in the basement of a three-story building. Sources tell 1010 WINS that a gas line in the building was deliberately broken and was filling the building with fumes. A "crude device" was discovered attached to the gas line, with wires connected to a door hinge. Investigators believe the device was intended to explode if the door opened and caused the wires to touch. more ›

Last October, a faulty gas line caused an explosion in a Harlem apartment building. The explosion killed a woman and severely burned her four daughters, who have been in hospital burn units. Yesterday, six-year-ld Duaa Al Ghaithi was the last of the girls to return home, after many months of rehab (she will need many more years of therapy). According to NY1, she "wears a head-to-toe compression garment 23 hours a day" which also includes gloves. Duaa's vocal chords were also damaged, but she said, "I'm a female spiderman." Her family has sued the building's owner and Con Ed; apparently there had been complaints about the smell of gas, but the smell was later masked by fresh paint. more ›