The company remained without response for almost an entire day following the incidents in Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover. The CEO was criticized by the governor, as well as several town and city leaders.
columbia, massachusetts, assumed, name, state, company, supplier, retail, natural, over, customers, parts, massachusetts, surrounding, springfield, brockton, lawrence, subsidiary, nisource, company, operations, hampshire, maine, were, sold, unitil, corporation. Columbia Gas of Massachusetts the assumed name of Bay State Gas Company is a supplier of retail natural gas to over 300 000 customers in parts of Massachusetts surrounding Springfield Brockton and Lawrence It is a subsidiary of NiSource The company s operations in New Hampshire and Maine were sold to Unitil Corporation in 2008 Contents 1 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions 2 See also 3 References 4 External links2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions editMain article Merrimack Valley gas explosions On September 13 2018 starting at approximately 4 20 PM three Merrimack Valley communities supplied by Columbia Lawrence Andover and North Andover Massachusetts suffered numerous fires and explosions as a result of an over pressurized subterranean gas line 1 Massachusetts authorities evacuated the communities and the American Red Cross deployed and set up numerous shelters in nearby communities for those who were displaced by the explosions and subsequent fires On September 14 Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency and issued a decree appointing Eversource to evaluate and oversee the management of the gas distribution system in the affected area This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Columbia Gas of Massachusetts news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The company remained without response for almost an entire day following the incidents in Lawrence North Andover and Andover The CEO was criticized by the governor as well as several town and city leaders See also editNiSource Merrimack Valley gas explosionsReferences edit 18 year old man killed by falling chimney from exploding house in Lawrence WCVB September 14 2018 External links editColumbia Gas of Massachusetts homepage nbsp This article about a United States company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Massachusetts related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Columbia Gas of Massachusetts amp oldid 1008693982, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
