Gas Safe Register finds almost one in three not booking annual gas safety checks due to cost of living crisis
at a house in Kingstanding, Birmingham that killed Doreen Rees-Bibb, 79, and critically injured a man.
The Birmingham blast adds to 12 other fatalities and 179 injuries caused by gas explosions and fires in Great Britain in the past five years, according tofrom the HSE. On average, there have been 31 blasts a year, often leaving communities and homeowners traumatised. Michael McCormick survived a huge blast last year at his home in Portsmouth caused by a leak from the branch pipe, which was so corroded it was split into two. Gas flooded the cavity beneath the ground floor and was ignited by a candle.
“I am very concerned there are other houses out there,” McCormick said. “We were just extremely lucky. They definitely need to accelerate [the mains replacement programme]. They need to do something to stop people being hurt and being killed.”
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