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Mo. utility to modify policies after restaurant blast

MGE square logoJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gas Energy will change some of its emergency procedures, increase staff training and offer more training to firefighters in response to a fatal 2013 blast caused by a gas leak at a Kansas City restaurant.

The company, owned by the Laclede Group, and the state’s Public Service Commission reached an agreement approved Thursday to resolve a complaint filed in 2014.

The complaint alleged the company did not take adequate steps to ensure people’s safety before the blast a JJ’s restaurant that killed one and injured more than a dozen people.

The agreement says MGE will add more detail to its emergency plan, work more closely with fire departments to implement training programs and establish inspections when excavations take place near company facilities.

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