Columbia Gas of Massachusetts will plead guilty to federal charges of violating the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act in connection with the September 2018 explosions that killed one person and injured two dozen in the Merrimack Valley.

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Parent company NiSource agreed to pay a $53 million fine and sell off its Massachusetts gas operations. “This investigation found that Columbia Gas, through a pattern of flagrant indifference in the face of extreme risks to life and property, knowingly violated minimum safety standards,” US Attorney Andrew Lelling told reporters Wednesday.