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Show Thursday, DAILY May 17, 2007 HERALD rupture, five Questar employees arrived. Instead of turning the gas off, the complaint Continued from Al alleges that gas was pumped and the suit also seeks to around the Roper property for establish whether a Questar N cords. another hour. When the Questar employAll other defendants named employee should have known the home was full of natural had current licenses at the time ees arrived, they asked April gas from a leak that had been of the explosion. Roper to turn off her gas appliThe complaint claims that ances, and when told the leak reported in the Ropers' basement. the sole employee working for was fixed, Roper went inside to turn them back on, accom5 & E Cable ruptured a gas Questar and Qwest representatives said Wednesday line, causing natural gas to be panied by Radford. that they do not comment on The house was filled with discharged into the ground natural gas and likely lightaround the Roper home. Bepending litigation, cause the employee was alone, ing the furnace killed Roper "We're saddened by the death of both April Roper there were delays before Que- and Radford, according to the and Larry Radford," Questar lawsuit. star was called. . The complaint alleges that Colin King, the family's atspokesman Darren Shepherd said. "Now that it's in litigation, torney, said his research was Questar knew the dangers it's something that's best left to done by phone records from S of could have known if they those who are working on it." tested for natural gas in the 6 E Cable and the Ropers. The complaint outlines a Two hours after the gas line area. It also said that Roper chain of events that allegedly led to the explosion. The first was when Qwest hired S & E Cable, which the complaint says was "not a licensed contractor and not properly trained or equipped to correctly and safely perform the work." registration expired in September 2004 for failing to file a renewal. They recently renewed it in March, according to Utah Department of Commerce re- Explosion 4 should not have had to go back into the home to turn on her pilot light. King said Radford, as an employee, was doing his job. "He's not entirely responsible," he said. "They had four to five people there, including his supervisor. It was his supervisor who told April her house was safe." Greg Roper, working construction on a home 400 feet away, watched the home explode and collapse upon itself. old The couple's daughter, Olivia, was in the garage in her stroller. She suffered minor injuries. April th Roper had been walking her child with a friend while they waited for the leak to be fixed. The state is also doing a w S & E Cable Inc.'s business A3 separate investigation that is almost complete, said Department of Commerce spokeswoman Jennifer Bolton. The Utah Pipeline Safety Program is investigating the explosion by looking at everything from soil samples to phone records. Bolton said two federal agencies, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Pipeline Hazardous Material Safety Administration, have expressed interest in the state's violated several routine policies and King said they hope to prevent further incidents in the future. "They stood on her doorstep, when they knew that the gas had been discharged all around her home for two hours, and they didn't go in themselves," King said. "If they had, they would have seen there was gas in their home." The process of determining damages will evaluate childcare costs, April Roper's e potential part- - and employment, and the impact on Olivia. King compared it to paying athletes a lot of money Olfor watching them play ivia would have valued her mother for her role in her life, as would her husband. findings. Once complete, the results will be released and presented to the Public Service Commission. King said there will be additional study on the explosion in the process of the suit. 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