Atlanta Pipeline Company Sued Over Fatal 2016 Explosion

A plume of smoke rises from the site of an explosion on the Colonial Pipeline on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, in Helena, Ala. The wife of one of the contract workers killed and a man injured in the blast are suing Colonial in state court in Fulton County.

Brynn Anderson / Associated Press

The widow of a man killed in an October 2016 pipeline explosion in Alabama has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Georgia-based pipeline operator.

The explosion of Colonial Pipeline’s main gasoline line near Birmingham killed two workers and injured others.

The wife of one of the contract workers killed and a man injured in the blast are suing Colonial in state court in Fulton County.