APPOMATTOX —  Deputy John Mattox still patrols the stretch of Virginia 26 that’s just north of town.

A year later, investigators for both a federal oversight agency and Williams Gas Company say they have answers to two key questions related to the natural gas explosion:

The fireball that sent a shockwave through Appomattox a year ago has reverberated throughout the pipeline industry, and made the town’s name a household word in other communities where pipelines run.

Over shrimp cocktails and steak dinners, Appomattox officials and personnel from Williams Gas Pipeline sat down to talk about lessons learned in the aftermath of the pipeline rupture and subsequent explosion that rocked the tight-knit community.

The company that operates a natural gas pipeline through Appomattox has been fined almost $1 million after an investigation into the explosion last year found safety regulation violations.

The last of three natural gas pipelines that run through Appomattox County is being returned to full service today — 237 days after one line exploded, injuring five people, leveling two homes and damaging about 100 other houses.

Portions of a natural gas pipeline that run parallel to one that exploded in Appomattox last fall will be unearthed and inspected in the coming weeks.

Gas is now flowing at full pressure in the natural gas pipeline that ruptured just north of the town of Appomattox in September.

More than two months after the rupture of a natural gas line sparked a devastating explosion in Appomattox, the company that operates the pipeline has fielded about 135 damage claims.

The company that operates a natural gas pipeline that ruptured in September just north of the town of Appomattox received federal approval Wednesday to resume flowing gas through the line.

APPOMATTOX — Outside corrosion caused the rupture and subsequent explosion in September of a natural gas pipeline just north of the town of Appomattox.

The natural gas pipeline that exploded just north of Appomattox in September is on the cusp of returning to service.

The natural gas pipeline that exploded just north of Appomattox in September is in the final stages of testing and the company that runs it hopes to restore operation soon.

As the company that operates the natural gas pipeline through Appomattox works toward full service in time for the winter cold, it also is trying to repair confidence in its safety record.

The company that operates the three pipelines that push natural gas through Appomattox County expects to restore one of the lines to normal service on Monday.