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Months After Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions, Small Business Say Columbia Gas Still Hasn't Paid Up

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Callum Borchers
Eve Zuckoff

Updated March 07, 2019

In this photo from Dec. 5, 2018, market owner Junior Hernandez holds up bananas, which are spoiling on his store shelves due to lack of customers in his neighborhood, in Lawrence, Mass. (Charles Krupa/AP)

It's been more than six months since an overpressurized gas pipe exploded in the Merrimack valley, causing millions of dollars in damage and taking the life of an 18-year-old.

And now, dozens of small business owners say Columbia Gas — the company responsible for the explosions — hasn't come close to covering their losses.

Guest

Eusebio "Junior" Hernandez, owner for Hernandez Market in Lawrence.

This article was originally published on March 07, 2019.

This segment aired on March 7, 2019.