Abstract:
Two young sisters who were killed in last week's house explosion in
Hopkinton will be buried today following a funeral Mass in St. Mary's Church
in Milford.
Iris, 4, and Violet Carey, 5, were killed early Wednesday after an explosion
believed to have been sparked by a natural gas leak leveled a three-story
apartment building on Main Street in Hopkinton, just two doors down from
fire headquarters.
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29, 2002 |
Two young sisters who were killed in last week's house
explosion in Hopkinton will be buried today following a funeral Mass in St.
Mary's Church in Milford.
Iris, 4, and Violet Carey, 5, were killed early Wednesday
after an explosion believed to have been sparked by a natural gas leak
leveled a three-story apartment building on Main Street in Hopkinton, just
two doors down from fire headquarters.
A wake was held yesterday afternoon and evening for the
girls, daughters of Heath and Tara Carey, at the Buma-Sargeant Funeral Home
in Milford.
"It's very sad," said a woman at the funeral
home yesterday. "It's been very hard on the family."
The family plans to bury the girls in the same casket
because they were so close, officials said.
Just a year apart, relatives said they called the girls
"the twins."
Investigators are still trying to determine the source of
the apparent leak, according to State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan.
Gas lines running into the dwelling showed no obvious
signs of rupture and investigators have removed gas meters, a furnace and
other appliances, which are being examined by experts.
Coan said a contractor will be hired to conduct tests to
determine if the gas delivery system may have failed, fueling the fatal
blast.
He added it could take weeks or months to determine the
cause of the explosion, unlike other recent gas explosions, which have
resulted from workers puncturing gas lines.
The 1:30 a.m. blast showered the Carey family on the
second floor with debris when the third floor dropped to ground level.
