Published:
6:00 PM March 8, 2021
Updated:
12:30 PM March 9, 2021
The Royston gas crisis of 1991 was written about by Sylvia P. Beamon in her work - The Day Royston was Nearly Blown Off the Map
- Credit: Sylvia. P. Beamon
Thirty years ago today, just as ordinary members of the community were preparing their evening meal or putting the heating on to lessen the evening chill - an enormous surge of high-pressure gas whooshed into Royston homes.
On March 8, 1991, at around 5.15pm - Royston was rocked by a huge gas surge that caused fires and explosions all over town - here s a look back at how the the Great Gas Crisis unfolded.