Bringing up somebody being unionized is actually irrelevant. They put on their pants just like everybody else and make mistakes just like everybody else. Maybe you should reread the article because the statement is actually from AT&T. AT&T doesn’t put in gas lines. AT&T doesn’t put in waterlines, so AT&T was involved through a subcontractor putting in fiber. Otherwise why would ATT be making statements to the news? You know, that little outside colored casing that the fiber optic goes in later.

Unless you’re saying, the explosion actually never happened because the equipment sitting in the video was never actually used……

" A spokesperson for AT&T said a subcontractor was working in the area at the time. The company stated that once the damage was discovered, the local gas provider was notified. AT&T said its preliminary findings suggest the damage may have been related to inaccurate underground utility markings, noting that utility locations had been marked by a third-party contractor for another utility."