NiSource Inc. and two subsidiaries are being sued by two Sissonville, W.Va., property owners over a 2012 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion. John Hampton Tinney and his sister, Elizabeth Tinney Garten, allege in their lawsuit that the explosion rendered …
Severe corrosion caused a 2012 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion in West Virginia that destroyed three houses and cooked a stretch of Interstate 77, and the incident likely could have been prevented if the pipeline had been inspected or …
Another lawsuit has been filed over the December gas line explosion in Sissonville, W. Va. The suit was filed this week in Kanawha County Circuit Court against NiSource and subsidiary Columbia Gas Transmission. The Dec. 11 explosion and blaze destroyed …
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 …
State and local officials are marking West Virginia’s new pipeline safety law. Media outlets report that Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin held a symbolic bill signing Monday at the Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department. Tomblin had signed the bill into law on …
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 …
The gas line explosion that hit Sissonville, West Virginia has scarred the landscape as well as the outlook of area residents. “It looks completely different,” said Rhonda Payne, 46. “It’s kind of scary, really.” Every time a truck rumbles past …