Great Britain: Gas leak - the house explodes ''live''
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Uploaded by silvan500 on Jul 16, 2011
Shocking footage - A house exploding in Castleford, West Yorkshire.
A botched cable theft sparks a dramatic explosion along a row of houses in West Yorkshire, moments after firefighters evacuate 30 people from the scene.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has taken the bold step of releasing CCTV footage of the moment a house exploded, just yards from firefighters and the residents they rescued seconds earlier.
The explosion was caused by interference with an overhead electricity line by thieves attempting to steal the copper conductor.
The service has joined forces with CE Electric UK, Northern Gas Networks and West Yorkshire Police to warn about the dangers of tampering with electricity and gas equipment.
Investigations have revealed that the blast was caused after a piece of cable was cut from an overhead line. This affected the earthing of the electrical network in the area and resulted in some unusual electrical activity, which affected some of the gas pipes within the properties. This resulted in the fires and explosion.
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@drpriddy27 I'm a volunteer firefighter/emt what u just saw not sure if ur a firefighter or emt was a back draft some backdrafts are cause by air moving into the building sometimes if u have strong currents with that it can shut the door like that before there is an explosion other times it doesn't work like depending on how its setup.
Morgan4746 1 week ago
we had to get evacuated out of our house today because of a neighbours house had a gas leak they reckon they would ring the police because i wasnt going to leave me house ...am glad i decided just to go now after watching this lol
BYR0N1986 2 weeks ago
that door closing and the window blinds moving right before the explosion is very creepy
drpriddy27 7 months ago
Some really stupid people out there
anthonybean 7 months ago