Doug Miller wrote:

"Pete C." wrote in news:52b1cffc$0$47853$862e30e2
@ngroups.net:

http://www.nfpa.org/~/media/files/re...sfactsheet.pdf

Hmmm... that shows a total of 3380 fires in a five-year period. That's a long way from your
bull**** claim of 4000+ explosions per year.

3380 fires in 5 years = 676 per year. In a nation with a population of over 300 million.

Total of 77 fatalities = 15 per year, which makes gas safer than swimming or climbing ladders.

That figure is per year, 3,280 nat gas and L.P. fueled incidents per
year, every year during the noted period. Nearly 9 incidents every day
on average, though they will be weighted more towards the winter months
in much of the country.