You know, when you subcontract out your work to someone else, YOU are still responsible. The dang subcontractors, before working on a frigging gas line, didn't shut it off. OR shut it off once they knew they had damaged the gas line.

Nancy Foster lay Saturday evening in an intensive care unit hospital bed. Her eyes were swollen and seared shut, and her hair was singed to her scalp. More than half of her body was burned.

Her family says the gas explosion that injured the 77-year-old woman so badly could have been avoided. ...

Ms. Hicks said the subcontractors who were boring underground about 15 yards from Ms. Foster's house and hit a natural gas pipe should have alerted Ms. Foster and other victims to leave the area before the homes exploded Friday.