Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has agreed to settle multiple class actions arising out of the September 2018 Merrimack Valley fires and explosions for $143 million.

The fires and explosions killed an 18-year-old in his driveway, injured more than 20 people and impacted thousands of residents and businesses in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts. The explosions were caused from an over-pressurization in the system that Columbia Gas owns.

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