Few states see more natural gas leaks from pipelines than Georgia does, according to a new analysis of federal incident data, leading to millions of dollars in damages and at least two deaths here since 2010.
Georgia had 59 reported pipeline leaks from 2010 to October of last year — the 10th most of any state — according to a recent report by Environment America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (U.S. PIRG) and Frontier Group. Of those, 25 caused fires and six triggered explosions.
In addition to the fatalities, at least nine people were injured in those incidents, data from the report shows.
