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'It changes everything': Massachusetts family financially devastated by surprise $400K bill

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 9 – The Murrays face a $400,000 cleanup after 190 gallons of heating oil leaked, highlighting an average of 100 annual oil spills in Massachusetts, state records show.

John and Kathleen Murray’s property in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, has looked more like a hazardous waste cleanup site since February. That’s when about 190 gallons of heating oil emptied out of a tank and into the soil around their home. Kathleen Murray recalled the reaction from first responders when they arrived to mitigate the spill. “I knew it was serious because everyone was looking at us with pity,” she said. “Then I started to res…

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NBC Dallas-Fort Worth broke the news in Fort Worth, United States on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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