Gas company reps to discuss explosion again tonight
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Community moves forward after Appomattox explosion...
Some progress is being made. Power and phone service is back on the majority of homes. Now, people just want questions answered.
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Dwight Dixon (left) and Corey Robinson, both of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, head back from surveying Virginia 26 in Appomattox County on Monday. CVEC will replace burned poles and reconstruct existing power lines. About 40 homes are without electricity.
Another meeting will be held for Appomattox residents affected by Sunday’s natural gas pipeline explosion.
Williams Gas Co. representatives will hold a second meeting with residents at 7 p.m. tonight at Appomattox County High School’s auditorium.
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The explosion, which destroyed two homes, damaged at least six others and injured five people, is still under investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
No cause has yet been determined and no estimates were available as to the total financial cost of damage caused.
At Monday’s meeting, officials talked about how the pipeline running through the county operates and what resources are available for residents whose homes were damaged or who were traumatized by the blast.
The Central Virginia Community Services Board is providing resources for those who need counseling in the wake of the explosion. During daylight hours, a counselor can be reached at (434) 948-4831 and after hours at (434) 522-8191.
Jim Hutchens, a Williams representative, provided his phone number to talk to residents who suffered damage in the explosion. He can be reached at (434) 989-5650.
Williams has a 24-hour line available for residents to report problems with the pipeline. That number is 1-800-440-8475. Representatives ask that people call only to report problems with the pipeline and not to talk about Sunday’s explosion.
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