Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today explosions tore through homes in three towns north of Boston, the towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. Massachusetts State Police say the explosions are suspected to be gas-related, and they confirm that they responded to at least 70 reports of fire explosion or gas odor. That number will likely grow. NPR's Tovia Smith joins us from just outside Boston. And, Tovia, tell us what the scene there is now. These images this afternoon of houses on fire have been just extraordinary. TOVIA SMITH, BYLINE: Right. And now it is equally so. It is dark, really dark since power has been cut to the entire area as a precaution. That's meant to keep residents from creating a spark that could ignite yet another explosion. So it's utter darkness out there except of course for the fires that are still blazing, some smoldering and the flashing sirens and lights of the fire trucks and the first responders who have swarmed these three
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