Columbia Gas work limited

OCTOBER 11: Workers dig in preparation for gas line installation on Farnham Street on October 11, 2018 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the latest blow to beleaguered Columbia Gas, the state Department of Public Utilities has ordered a moratorium on all nonemergency work by the company until Dec. 1, following the release of the National Transportation Safety Board's report faulting the company for the fatal gas explosion in September that devastated the Merrimack Valley.

Lawsuit targets Massachusetts utility over deadly gas explosions

A resident of a Massachusetts city rocked by last week's deadly gas blasts that damaged dozens of homes sued utility operator NiSource Inc ( FILE PHOTO: A burnt Columbia Gas of Massachusetts envelope sits on the sidewalk outside a home burned during a series of gas explosions in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., September 14, 2018.