Ours chewed through the line that feeds our instant on hot water heater and our ventless propane heater. I had told hubby I was smelling something wrong, it came and went, open area and breezes. Then he finally checked the tank we had loss over 250 gallons of propane. It was a small hole, luckily we don't smoke, had not used the BBQ. We called the propane company told them we had a leak it was fixed with a metal line within hours. Pricey little hole
Wow! That was so dangerous!
When I was a kid, I had a mean stepfather. I started living on my own at 16. After a while my mom finally left him, after a nervous breakdown 3 month hospital stay.
Anyway, a couple years later that mean stepfather blew up his house!
He was living alone in the house.
I really believe he did it for spite so that no one would get anything.
They found later that the natural gas dryer hose was disconnected and the valve was on. The house had natural gas piped in, so it was almost an endless flow.
It was a disaster zone. The Red Cross was setup there, the home on one side was falling down and houses all the way up the street had doors and windows blown out.
They found the mean stepfather blown onto a neighbor's front lawn. His chest was like jelly. He didn't make it to the hospital.
Luckily only one other person was injured. A kid next door had his leg broken.
My theory is he closed the house up tight, let the house fill with gas and he pushed the doorbell button at the front door. The doorbell was a chime type that sparks when you energize it. BOOM!
It's like a plane bombed the house. It was nothing but splinters. Literally splinters. Nothing standing. Not one 2x4 or piece of furniture. There was a refrigerator blown into the field out back, probably 50 yards away. There was a coil of BX (metallic armoured) cable hanging in a tree across the street. A coil of BX is heavy!
It was on the national news. People heard the explosion from miles away. It was crazy!
So, everyone please be careful. I've seen what gas can do.
