and that's why families here were without power for just a little bit. what we are understand something that all of a sudden families heard and -- this constant roar. when they came outside they saw a huge fireball and remember actually feeling something like a shift on the ground underneath them and when they came out, this is what they saw. now, what we've learned from fire officials is that the gas company was out here on south street in medfield and working on the gas main line. and for some reason accidentally hit that line and that's what caused the explosion, caused that fireball to erupt, and the firefighters were called and immediately went to about a dozen homes in the area, making sure that everyone got out just because that main does feed many of the homes in the area, they wanted to make sure that everyone stayed safe. well, we're learning from families and witnesses here, that they could actually smell

time and as they were told to leave the area, we know that there was the high school field where activities were canceled just because they were so close to the area. we learned from fire officials that the scene to clean up and fix the gas main will go throughout the evening. but for right now we do know that no one was hurt. susan tran, 7news. >> a southbridge teacher accused of sending obscene photos of himself to a student. >> and the school department is taking immediate action. 7's kelli o'hara live in southbridge with the breaking details. >> good evening, that teacher in big trouble with the law. police tell us, for allegedly selling different pics to a student not once, but twice. now, investigators say they arrested just today joseph saniga of webster. they say that yes, just yesterday, a school resource officer heard students talking in the hall about these photos. that school resource officer asked to see them, and what

happened next is that he immediately called detectives and that's when they began their investigation and they arrested the 21-year-old ell teacher. now, the webster man had worked here since last spring and the police chief says that this started all over facebook. take a listen. >> 21-year-old teacher had sent inappropriate pictures to one of his students on a facebook account through the passenger app. to the best of our knowledge, the student had never communicated back to the teacher while the teacher's put in a position of trust, and it's sickening to even hear agencies like this. it's good that nobody was hurt. >> now, the school department did release a statement this afternoon, it reads in part, the school department is extremely alarmed by these charges and has taken immediate steps to ensure today. employee with the district, we have requested a no trespass order to the police department.

now, he will be in front of a judge first thing tomorrow morning and the school says that they will have a meeting for parents next week that's not open to the media. reporting live in southbridge, kelli o'hara, 7news. the patriots getting ready for a rematch. new england taking on the indianapolis colts this weekend and, yes, that's the very team that led to the deflate gate scandal. the pats downplaying any add pressure with this game. >> tom brady and the rest of the team saying they're just staying focused but dan hausle did get an answer from the pats' qb that has a lot of people talking. dan. >> yeah, he concept short and generally to the cliche s but when i pressed him, well, when it comes to that game against indy there's a little something extra here and he's got got more than ice in his veins. >> reporter: tom brady has his game face on heading back to indy for the first time since the colts blew the whistle in

the afc championship game and put the patriots under the deflate gate microscope. brady hoping the mind of payback is not on anybody's mind. >> you are human and it could have been any week, any team, but facing the team that started the bail rolling on deflate gate that tarnished this team and your team and reputation, how could there not be extra incentive to want to stick it to ?em. >> i guess that can i'm always pretty motivated, you know, in regards to opponent, regardless of the team or the week. >> sounds like a robot. m come on, isn't there any heart in there, any human that wants a little extra -- >> it's i'm a human. there's no doubt. definitely human. >> reporter: well, standing by to take tom's spot if needed refused to weigh in on whether

blue like most pats' fans. >> what about tom, the tom you see out there, does he show it to you guys? >> he's human. for sure. >> he ucht doesn't like all of us. >> yeah. >> and brady came back with this idea of being humid on prompted earlier saying come weeks are up and some weeks are down but this game. dan hausle, 7news. >> dan, good stuff. sunday's showdown just the latest in this heated rivalry and will you look at the numbers, tom brady is on top. 7sports director joe amorosino live in the newsroom with a closer look for us. >> despite leading the patriots to four super bowl titles, tom brady continues to play with a huge chip on his shoulder and after enduring the worst off-season of his career, courtesy of cots, he is angry,

even if he's not admitting it publically it's a bad situation for a colts defense that has ranked 28th in the nfl. no extra motivation needed, brady owns them. the three-time super bowl mvp has led the patriots to six straight wins over indy and is 13 and 4 in his career against the colts. for more on their next meeting, 7's alex corddry reporting live in foxboro. alex. >> the cottle are 3 and 2 and wins outside the afc south. these teams are headed in different directions and andrew luck hasn't played a game since september 27th and things could easley get ugly again on sunday but patriots players will tell you they're not thinking whatever's happened in the past.

teams playing each other. ltle been ground and pound for the pats but eric blunt was quick to point out this team hasn't faced their team. >> you know, like i said, you just gotta concentrate on who they have on the field and who they have now, you know as opposed to who they have and just try to stay forward and focus on trying get a job this week. >> reporter: the patriots defense looks to do their job this week preparing for the unexpected. who will the colts' quarterback be? andrew luck or matt hasslebeck. >> every game you go into there could be a change in personnel at some point. so you're just aware of the options that they have and look at their game film from the previous couple weeks and prepare yourself best for the things that they do. >> reporter: just focused on the challenges in front of them and the patriots aren't running from it, especially with it being sunday night, they're expecting

the indy crowd to be as rowdy as ever. >> this is a big game for, you know -- it's gonna be a night game. it's gonna be -- the fans will be amped up. so we'll prepare for that this week. >> now, the patriots will continue preparations without left tackle mate soldier. he was hurt in sunday's game against the cowboys and will not play for the rest of the season. he'll be out with a torn right biceps. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7news. when the pats take on the colts sunday night you can catch all the action right here on 7 nbc, be sure to join us for our 7 on the sidelines show at 6:30, it starts right after 7news at 6:00. >> and we are following more news today, some truck trouble in middleton during the morning commute. one person was flown to the hospital with serious injuries after a crash on route 114. see there that box truck on its side. police say the driver crossed the yellow line and that's what caused the accident. a mother arrested in worcester when school officials say her 5-year-old boy was found

limping and covered with bruises. kimberly bookman with more on the investigation. >> yeah, that young mom was here in court this morning. as for her 5-year-old son, he went to school and his teachers recognized that he was hurt and immediately rushed him to a local hospital. now according to court paperwork, quote, there was significant trauma to his entire body including his head, face, arms, legs, buttocks and lower back. witnesses told police, quote, he was in such severe pain due to these injuries he could not walk and had to be carried up and down the stairs. >> the 22-year-old mom allegedly told police she noticed the bruising but could not tell when and how her son got them. paperwork says she lives in this worcester apartment home on the third floor with a roommate and police say mom blamed that male roommate for the injuries but allowed the roommate to continue to take care of the boy. now at last check, that child was in stable condition at a local hospital and he has been taken out of his mother's custody and now in the care of the department of children and

reporting live from worcester, kimberly bookman, 7news. new details on a church controversy in scituate. a state appeals court opposed a ruling that says parishioners are trespassing at that church. people have held their 24/7 vigil inside the church for the past 11 years. it started as a protest when the boston archdiocese wanted it to close. >> new at 6:00. the message mix-up during the democratic presidential debate. >> some tweets medford presidential candidate martin o'malley going to a boston city councilor. but matt o'malley isn't upset about all the opinions that came this way. lee caught up with him today and he's actually having some fun with this. >> got my first tweet out and then start to get all of these notifications. some from people i know, others from people in other states that i've never met. i had some healthy banter, woody

banter, if i may say, a little back and forth to some folks. >> the oh mallies aren't strangers. this year the city councilor actually hosted an event to support the maryland governor. >> good thing they're friends. you can really see there's some damage there. >> good thing. and good thing it wasn't too damaged. >> yeah, coming up on 7news at 6:00, we all have an email address or two, right, but how about a web site of your own? how about owning google.com? >> we're going to introduce you to the baptist student who did just that. >> very cool. and we're staying on top of breaking news out of medfield right now. a gas main break causing flames to just shoot into the air there, force theme people from their homes and repairs are underway as we speak. we'll continue to gather information and keep you posted

dism what a scare for a grosser woman out having her morning soy. >> she says she was attacked by a coyote. linda lee fonz oh says the animal jumped on her back, she fought it off and managed to keep it away from her dog. even setting off a car alarm to scare it away. she doesn't want the coyote to

safety and others. >> my mom she's afraid go outside during the day. >> they're just not afraid of us. we wanted my dog and. >> i was in the way. >> she says she is now concerned about rabies and has contacted animal control. >> have you ever found a deal online that you just no matter what couldn't pass up? >> one of the most popular web sites in the world. one student was able to do that for about 60 seconds. >> that is the man who owned google.com for one hot minute. >> a second-year nba student and a former google employee. he was recently testing google's web site registration services and looked up google.com on a

was available and that it was just curiosity that kept him going forwards with the purchase. >> i would expect it to stop at some point in time but it never stopped. >> to his complete surprise, google tools verified the purchase and sent him the emails with the virtual keys to the kingdom. >> i says this is all the information regarding google.com administrative admission and started getting information but in one minute. >> he says he got an email saying the order had been canceled and he says it must have been a glitch in the system. >> when he told google he was going to donate the money to a charity in india, google surprised him as well.

that and we will be doubling it. >> this guy just does everything right. didn't say how much money the reward was from going . u i'm curious. >> keeping it humble, right. >> gotta be a lot. >> i was saying it's probably a good time to dig out the fall clothes and maybe even wear clothes for this coming weekend. >> yeah, a little bit of a windchill factor this weekend, adam, that will make it feel colder than the readings you'll

he is. 58 seems to be a popular number in boston. down through nantucket, hyannis and up on the northshore in beverly. 67 in nashua. it was the high today. tonight falling back into the 40 and even some upper 30s. a chill in the air, yeah, as we might expect for october, 46 brockton, but 38 in taunton. 39 in billerica and about 48 or 49 in boston. so there's some cool air coming in, but tomorrow we offset it a little bit. we'll have some sunshine, some clouds, and then we get into thursday afternoon, these clouds start to thicken up a little bit. there's a weather system coming in on friday, it looks like we might get a shower or two on thursday night before that weather system sends a cold front through. and then it gets cool right behind that front. but we won't feel that until we get to saturday and sunday.

so near normal tomorrow. how about that. milton 62, marblehead 62. boston, 62, 63 in framingham and quincy and brockton, as well. there there will be a breeze out of the southwest tomorrow, and our temperatures actually might climb to near normal on friday before that big slide. much advertised, i will add. by all tv stations and all the meter ologies, for the weekend. the head of the charles is looking a little cool and windy, as well, as quickly as this settles in this weekend, it pulls away by early next week. and we're back into the 60s just like that. this time of year, you can't really establish a cold air mass and keep it around unless you have constant reinforcements, and we only have one blob of cool air, and we'll deal with it for two days coming this weekend 34 to 49 tonight. cooling off, clear skies tomorrow, 55 to 60. mostly sunny. a few afternoon clouds. sunday in the upper 40s. that's it. that number hasn't budged either in days and i'm pretty confident that we're gonna be that chilly. couple of frosts coming up sunday morning and monday

morning. hard freeze in the suburbs. that's it, growing season over and there you have it. i'll see you tonight. >> they're all important, it's a regular season game. >> tom brady may not be saying it but he sure is showing his displeasure over the past week. two straight news conferences each 5 minutes or fewer dating back to when harboro talked about brady's wife last month. he's playing it cool even when asked about the hated colts. >> well, i try, to you know, certainly to be a professional with how i approach every week and i said yes today. you really put a lot into it

playing but all these games are important all have very good players. they're a very good team and a challenge to play on the road. it's in there a few times. they've got a good team. won three straight, so it'll be a tough game and hopefully we'll do our best. >> the patriots will take the field in indy and for the rest of the season without nate soldier. the patriots' starting left tackle, placed on injured reserve today after tearing his right biceps against the cowboys. marcus cannon is expected to take over the job of protecting brady's blind side in soldier's absence. pressure, tension and emotions all riding a rocky mountain high right now for the bruins, losers of three straight to start their year. the bs in colorado tonight where they hope a two-game road trip is their ticket to snapping their early season slump? i think it's a good time to spend a lot of time together and, you know, it could be a

and be by ourselves for a bit and he very a good opportunity. >> we hope it will help your guys get closer and hopefully it will come through along the way. >> that's sports.

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