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May 7, 2009 10:01 am US/Eastern

Gas Co. To Inspect Lines Near Somerset Explosion

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: The home at 93 New York Ave. the day after the explosion.
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New England Gas Co. has agreed to test natural gas lines in a Somerset neighborhood that was the site of a fatal home explosion in February.

Neighbors had demanded the inspections in the wake of the Feb. 19 explosion on New York Avenue that killed 62-year-old Rose Marie Rebello. A gas leak is suspected of causing the explosion.

Somerset Selectman Chairman Will Meehan tells the Herald News of Fall River that the gas company agreed to the voluntary inspections at a meeting Wednesday night with town officials and state lawmakers.

Meehan says the company agreed to prepare a detailed plan of the inspections by the end of the month.

Some of the gas pipes in the area are more than 50 years old.