A utility has resumed some projects that involve the same drilling method used before a suburban Detroit house explosion that killed a 58-year-old man.
Consumers Energy halted all projects throughout Michigan involving directional boring after the Feb. 27 Royal Oak blast.
Aerial video: House explodes in Royal Oak
The utility expects to have crews back to full operation by Monday.
Since suspending projects March 7, Consumers Energy has completed a detailed review of its procedures with employees and contractors.
The subsidiary of Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp. has said that natural gas leaking from a line serving the home may have caused the explosion.
Consumers Energy crews had been working for several days to replace a gas main on the street and may have damaged the line.
Daniel Malczynski died in the blast, which leveled his house and damaged several others. The explosion is under investigation.
--Daniel Malczynski
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