Gas explosions

The agreement with the Massachusetts Attorney General follows a $53 million plea deal in a federal criminal case.

The Massachusetts utility has admitted federal liability in the 2018 gas explosions that rocked the Merrimac Valley.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 11, 2018.....Gas utility executives and state regulators faced sharp questions from lawmakers Tuesday as a House-Senate committee dug into the safety of the state's natural gas distribution infrastructure in the wake of September's deadly gas explosions and fires in the Merrimack Valley...

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) _ Hotplates are being distributed to residents who have been left without gas service more than a week after gas explosions and fires rocked the Merrimack Valley. The Boston Globe reports that members of the Massachusetts National Guard started giving out thousands of hotplates to residents Saturday morning as part of a massive relief effort in Lawrence, Andover and North Ando

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) _ Massachusetts officials are warning of a scam targeting people seeking to help those displaced by the natural gas explosions and fires that rocked the Merrimack Valley north of Boston. Local officials in Lawrence and Andover say residents have reported receiving calls from individuals falsely claiming they're collecting donations on behalf of a local firefighter's associatio

(Lawrence, MA) -- The governor of Massachusetts is declaring a state of emergency following deadly gas explosions in three towns north of Boston. Governor Charlie Baker on Friday said the company behind the explosions, Columbia Gas, is being removed from local operations...