Shirley Franzoni started a candle business 40 years ago in a residential basement. Not long after a natural gas explosion last month devastated downtown Canton, including her complex of retail and wholesale establishments, Franzoni appeared ready to return to the …
It was a run-of-the-mill complaint – a smell of gas – with a troubling explanation: Someone had improperly tapped into a Manhattan building’s gas line, and it was leaking. The issue was quickly resolved. But seven months later, authorities suspect …
The family of a Topeka, Kansas, woman who died in a natural gas explosion will receive about $323,000 of a $709,000 settlement. A Shawnee County judge on Tuesday approved settlements and dismissed three lawsuits linked to the blast that killed …
Authorities are calling “suspicious” a natural gas explosion that leveled a vacant home and damaged 48 nearby structures in Dayton, Ohio. Assistant Fire Chief Michael Caudill says investigators aren’t sure what would have caused the gas to ignite. One possible …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Lewiston, Idaho, construction company for its role in a natural gas explosion in the city’s downtown last November. OSHA cited M.L. Albright and Sons for failing to anticipate the change in …
Federal and local officials say a fatal explosion and fire at a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant last month were sparked by natural gas vapors inside the popular business. The Kansas City Fire Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, …
A natural gas explosion in one of New England’s biggest cities on Friday leveled a strip club with a boom heard for miles and heavily damaged a dozen other buildings but didn’t kill anyone, authorities said. Firefighters, police officers and …
Vectren Corp. has agreed to pay $75,000 in penalties and take other steps in response to a natural gas explosion that destroyed a southern Indiana home and injured five people. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission will consider a settlement Wednesday …