Necole Berglund's car, after the gas explosion

The scorched Pontiac Grand Am was a total loss, but who's responsible?

February 11, 2013 at 7:33PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

By Alejandra Matos

My Whistleblower column Sunday revisited the March 2011 gas explosion that occurred near a Cub Foods parking lot in south Minneapolis two years ago. Necole Berglund is still trying to find out why CenterPoint Energy won't pay for her totaled Pontiac Grand Am.

CenterPoint says it bears "no causal responsibility" for the gas leak and the ensuing explosion. Here are some photos that Burgland sent us of her totaled car. She said the underbelly of the car was also completely scorched.

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