Two buildings at Borinquen Plaza in East Williamsburg have gone without cooking gas since February 18, leaving tenants at 101 Humboldt Street and 330 Bushwick Avenue to prepare meals on a single electric burner for roughly eight months, News 12 Brooklyn reported. Brooklyn Community Board 1’s district manager report confirms that both buildings, part of the New York City Housing Authority complex, remain without gas, dating to the same February morning.

According to News 12 Brooklyn, firefighters evacuated the Humboldt Street building on February 18 after carbon monoxide levels rose inside during a manhole fire outside. In a response recorded in Community Board 1’s district manager report, NYCHA described the February 18 incident as an active gas leak and explosion at the two buildings.

NYCHA has replaced all of the risers that carry gas between floors and is performing specialized welding in common areas to restore service to both buildings, the agency said in a statement to News 12 Brooklyn. The agency did not give a date for cooking gas to return. A worker told News 12 that crews were working on the gas inside 101 Humboldt Street.