On 25/05/2021 15:04, Richard wrote:
On 25/05/2021 14:58, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/05/2021 13:58, Fredxx wrote:
On 25/05/2021 12:50, GB wrote:
On 25/05/2021 12:37, Andy Burns wrote:
fred wrote:

Serious explosion bellied caused by cut gas pipe. How ? Presumably it
was in error but what would you be doing for that to happen?

"criminal investigation"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/24/lancashire-gas-explosion-that-killed-two-year-old-caused-by-cut-gas-pipe



Criminal investigation - the police might have in mind Gross
Negligence Manslaughter, for example.

Seeing as how the people who lived in the house are still in a
critical condition, there may never be any prosecution. And, what
would it achieve anyway?

Bearing in mind that the explosion was at 2AM, the most likely
scenario is a very small nick in the pipe that let gas accumulate
once everyone had gone to bed. I take my hat off to anyone able to
work out the cause of the explosion in that wreckage.

Copper melts at a very high temperature, I'm sure a nick in a pipe
would remain visible.

Perhaps gas bubble testers should be mandatory?

I disturbed a lead pipe carrying gas some years ago which created a
leak.

I did that by hammering a floor board nail in one side of a pipe and
out of the other :-)

and you looked sooo innocent in your recent pic.


I probably was then :-)


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Cheers,

John.

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