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PG&E Must Show Regulators Closed Pipeline is Safe

State regulators on Tuesday directed Pacific Gas and Electric to keep a Northern California natural gas pipeline shut down until they verify its safety after concerns surfaced in an email from an engineer. The California Public Utilities Commission has opened …

PG&E to Settle Remaining San Bruno Pipeline Explosion Claims

PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, said it will settle “substantially all” remaining personal injury and property damage claims from a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people. The utility announced the agreement today in a regulatory …

NTSB Posting Documents on West Virginia Pipeline Blast

Federal investigators are releasing more than 1,400 pages of documents about a natural gas pipeline explosion in Sissonville, W.Va., but they won’t reveal the cause. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday’s document dump will contain interview transcripts, photos and …

Witness Describes Horrific West Virginia Pipeline Inferno

To Sue Bonham, it was as if the world were coming to an end: A wall of flame had suddenly engulfed her West Virginia neighborhood. Amid a deafening roar, objects began crashing through her ceiling. Her home began melting around …

Texas Gas Line Explosion Injures 4 Workers

Officials say four utility workers have been hurt in a natural gas pipeline explosion and fire at a rural North Texas construction site. Stacie Durham with the McKinney Fire Department says an Atmos Energy crew apparently hit the gas line …