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Senate Will Probe Massachusetts Pipeline Blasts Tied to Utility Work

A Senate oversight panel next month will convene a hearing to probe the series of explosions in September that rocked several towns north of Boston, an incident that federal investigators have linked to work orders by NiSource Inc.’s Columbia Gas …

Utility Report on Missouri Restaurant Explosion Pushed Back Again

State utility regulators have again pushed back their report determining whether Missouri Gas Energy was in compliance with state and federal safety standards leading up to and in response to the Kansas City restaurant explosion that killed a waitress. Missouri …

Suit Filed in Blast That Destroyed Missouri Restaurant

Six employees of a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant destroyed last month in a natural gas explosion have filed a lawsuit over the blast that killed a server. The Kansas City Star reports that the suit was filed Friday in …

Utility Fires Workers After Detroit-Area Blast

Consumers Energy said Friday it fired some employees after investigating a gas explosion that killed a 58-year-old man in a suburban Detroit neighborhood. The utility wouldn’t disclose the number, but said workers were terminated “for failure to follow established policies …