February 7, 2010   Middletown, Connecticut (CNN) — Five people were killed and at least 12 were injured in a gas explosion Sunday at an under-construction power plant in central Connecticut, local officials said.   Residents up to 20 miles away reported hearing the blast at about 11:19 a.m. at the Kleen Power Plant in ... Read more

  Posted October 28, 2009 By Mark Millican, the Daily Citizen   An alleged “history” of gas leaks and problems associated with galvanized piping at the Dalton Housing Authority complex on Underwood Street may form the basis of a wrongful death lawsuit following two deaths in an explosion and fire there, an attorney said Tuesday. ... Read more

By Holbrook Mohr – The Associated Press Published October 1, 2009   JACKSON, Miss. — International Paper Co. has settled another federal lawsuit stemming from a 2008 explosion that killed a contract worker at a Mississippi plant and injured nearly two dozen others.   Cases involving several injured workers are still pending.   The most ... Read more