Posts tagged lawsuit

• Company Directed to Pay Fine for One Call Law Violation

  Christina Cole | April 19, 2007 1:18 AM | 0 CommentsFort Dodge, IA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A company has been directed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty for violating a One Call Law that caused a ruptured gas line, leading to a fire and explosion. The law requires 48 hours notice prior to digging starts so that utility lines can be marked. Both the order and the lawsuit were filed on Thursday, according to a press release from the Iowa Attorney General's Office.The court ordered Mansions...

• Accusations Running Rampant After Fiery Explosion

  Christina Cole | April 14, 2007 3:14 PM | 0 CommentsWaterloo, IA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A clothes dryer that was found inside a townhouse where a man and his baby were killed had allegedly been stolen from the next-door unit, likely causing a gas leak that led to a deadly fire and explosion.Investigators are still trying to figure out how the dryer ended up in the man's home, killing him in a fiery explosion last Wednesday at 3:00am. The fire destroyed four public housing unites...