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A tyre is used to mark the entrance to Firestone's garage in the town of Harbel, Liberia Saturday, July 18, 2020. The rubber industry in Liberia has gotten so bad that some farmers are cutting down their rubber trees with hopes of producing palm oil instead and Firestone recently announced plans to lay off 374 people with the company citing the impact of the global COVID-19 economic crisis among other factors. (AP Photo/Jonathan Paye-Layleh)

Future for Liberia’s rubber farmers shaky amid economic woes

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH - Associated Press

Company, families settle after fatal Colorado gas explosion

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 4, 2017, file photo, workers dismantle the charred remains of a house destroyed by an explosion triggered by natural gas in Firestone, Colo. The April 17, blast killed two people. Investigators blamed the explosion on gas leaking from a severed pipeline that was thought to have been abandoned but was still connected to a well. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Tuesday, Aug. 22, that the state is tightening regulations on oil and gas pipelines to reduce the chances of another such explosion. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Colorado: No online oil, gas pipeline map after fatal blast

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

Ted Poszywak, left, chief of the Frederick-Firestone fire department, and public information officer Summer Campos, right, take questions from members of the media during a news conference, while standing next to a picture of the location where an unrefined gas leak explosion killed two people inside their home in Firestone, Colo., Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Poszywak said that an investigation has revealed that the April 17, 2017 explosion was caused by unrefined natural gas that was leaking from a small abandoned pipeline from a nearby well owned by Anadarko Petroleum. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

The Latest: Colorado checks gas lines after fatal explosion

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A well head is seen on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in a fenced off area near a house that was destroyed in a deadly explosion in Firestone, Colo., April 17. Anadarko Petroleum said Wednesday it operated a well about 200 feet (60 meters) from the house in the town of Firestone. The company didn't say whether the well was believed to be a factor in the explosion or whether it produced oil, gas or both. (Matthew Jonas/The Daily Times Call via AP)

2nd company shuts oil, gas wells after fatal Colorado blast

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press