DENVER — A second petroleum company said it would shut down and inspect wells after a fatal house explosion near a gas well in Colorado, although investigators have not said if the well was the cause. Great Western Oil & Gas Co. said it would check 61 of its wells and hoped all would be shut down by Thursday.
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