TWITTER AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS ALREADY STARTE D.MASS: IT ALREADY HAS. THE FUN HAS BEGUN. WELCOME TOHE T LINE AT ROJO GAS STATION ON ROUTE ONE. THIS STARTED A LITTLE EARLIER. THEY TOLD A 6:00 TBU THERE IS SO MUCH EXCITEMENT FOR THIS FREE GAS. YOU HAVE FREE PEOP — YOU HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP INCLUDING A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 10:00 P.M. LAST NHTIG BECAUSE EARNIE — ERNIE BOCK JR. ISIV GING AWAY FREE GAS. PEOPLE CAN’T FILL UP UNTIL 7:00 A.M. MESO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WILLING TO WAIT NINE HOURS TO GET THE FREE S.GA NORWOOD POLICE ARE HERE ON SCENE AND THERE IS A TRAFF PICLAN IN PLACE. IT IS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE NUTTY OUT HERE. WE SAW ONE CAR THROW IT INTO REVERSE ON ROUTE ONE AND THE PARKING LOT HAS BEEN SWARMED WITH CARS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE TO GO. PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON A EEFR TANK OF GAS. >> I THINK IT IS UNDER A QUARTER OF A TANK. >> HOW MUCH GAS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW? >>MP ETY. >> HOW EMPTY? >> RED LINE. >> I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE CRAZY. THERE’S GOING TO BE TRAFFIC. MATT: THAT IS THE FEAR, GIVEN YOU COULD HAVE PEOPLE TRYINGO T GET GAS. I KEEP SAYING ROJO. I SPENT A LOTF O TIME REPORTING IN TEXAS. ITS I ROADSHOW- – ROJO. THEY ARE GIVING AWAY FREE PASTRIES AND COFFEE FOR THE PEOPLE IN LINE. I DON’T KNOW IF ANYONE WILL RISK GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR. DUGGAN ANTOINETTE, A LOT OF
Thousands of gallons of gas given away for free at Norwood gas station
Updated: 9:28 AM EDT Apr 1, 2022
Seven thousand gallons of free gasoline were given away Friday in less than two hours at a Norwood gas station thanks to a Massachusetts businessman. Drivers started lining up early Friday at the parking lot near the Rojo Irving Gas Station on Route 1, hours ahead of the beginning of the promotion that began at 6:40 a.m. — 20 minutes earlier than planned.Businessman Ernie Boch Jr. originally said he was giving away 7,000 gallons of gas in a giveaway he called “April Fuels,” but he later increased the amount at least twice.”I was filing a friend of mine’s car up, and the numbers went to $107 — $107 to fill a car, and that is insane. So I started thinking, and gas is going up. It always goes up in the spring and the summer, and I said, ‘Well, I think I should do something,’ and here we are April Fuels Day,” Boch said.In all, about 500 motorists pumped about 7,050 gallons of free gas that is worth about $30,000. Several motorists started camping out in the area Thursday night. “I am retired, and there is nothing else to do, so I came out to get some free gas,” motorist Marty Scopa said.“I actually heard about it last night, and I was shocked. I live in Medfield, so I decided to come down, so I came here at about 10 p.m., and here I am still,” motorist Patrick Haines said.Boch has paid for a police detail, and a traffic plan is in place. “Gas prices are crazy and it’s the right thing to do. I’m in the automotive industry. It’s a cool thing to do,” Boch said.
Seven thousand gallons of free gasoline were given away Friday in less than two hours at a Norwood gas station thanks to a Massachusetts businessman.
Drivers started lining up early Friday at the parking lot near the Rojo Irving Gas Station on Route 1, hours ahead of the beginning of the promotion that began at 6:40 a.m. — 20 minutes earlier than planned.
Businessman Ernie Boch Jr. originally said he was giving away 7,000 gallons of gas in a giveaway he called “April Fuels,” but he later increased the amount at least twice.
“I was filing a friend of mine’s car up, and the numbers went to $107 — $107 to fill a car, and that is insane. So I started thinking, and gas is going up. It always goes up in the spring and the summer, and I said, ‘Well, I think I should do something,’ and here we are April Fuels Day,” Boch said.
In all, about 500 motorists pumped about 7,050 gallons of free gas that is worth about $30,000.
Several motorists started camping out in the area Thursday night.
“I am retired, and there is nothing else to do, so I came out to get some free gas,” motorist Marty Scopa said.
“I actually heard about it last night, and I was shocked. I live in Medfield, so I decided to come down, so I came here at about 10 p.m., and here I am still,” motorist Patrick Haines said.
Boch has paid for a police detail, and a traffic plan is in place.
“Gas prices are crazy and it’s the right thing to do. I’m in the automotive industry. It’s a cool thing to do,” Boch said.
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