Utility worker pierced pipe before Mass. gas blast

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19. We get similar from time to time

here in the UK in the road in which I live. My house is 170 years old so the road is at least that old. I don't know when the gas main was laid. What happens is that is if there is a leak the gas gets into the channel , under the pavement , which was run early nineties, for cable tv etc and also into another underground channel which carries normal phone lines. A few times a year you'll see the inspectors working their way down the road checking for gas outside each of the houses - that's to help pinpoint where the actual leak is.

The main issue in the UK is actually leaks in our water mains due to age - still a lot of Victorian mains in place.