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Default San Bruno go boom!

In article . com,
"Pete C." wrote:


I expect you'll consider the NFPA a reputable source.


So you would agree with the NFPA's stats on total fires?
Using those stats and saying 500,000 home fires in the US every year (I
rounded this down to keep the math manageable). This means that around
..75% of all fires in the US are NG or LP gas. However, half of the
homes in the US use NG for cooking (and that doesn't include LP gas for
grilling, I'll "give" that to you). So, to say the LP gas fires and
explosions are grossly underrepresented in the fire incidence in the US
is itself a gross understatement.

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