Old iron gas pipes are leaking across Michigan; replacement is slow, natural gas explosions can be deadly by Keith Matheny, March 31, 2013, Detroit Free Press
Felt miles away, an explosion on Feb. 27, 2013 leveled a Royal Oak home, killing one person, shaking homes, shattering windows and frightening neighbors.
On Feb. 27, as a Consumers Energy work crew replaced pipelines dating to 1929 in a Royal Oak neighborhood, a natural-gas explosion occurred, killing a man, leveling his house and damaging 30 other homes nearby. Consumers later fired an unspecified number of employees for “failure to follow established policies and procedures.” [Emphasis added]
