Ok, since you asked.<g> This was in New Orleans, where free-standing natural gas space heaters are common, at least in older neighborhoods. The pipe was regular pipe, not flexible, as such pipes are required to be by law. I had just moved into the apartment a couple of months before, and I was expecting company (boyfriend), and rushing around like a whirlwind cleaning up, and pulled the space heater away from the wall to sweep underneath, and the pipe just broke, and I stood there for a stunned - - millisecond? - - listening to gas rush out. Then I ran into the kitchen, and got a box of matches, and lit the gas. It was shooting straight out, looked like a blow torch, but it wasn't actually touching anything. Then I called 911, and was so flustered I told them that a gas main had broke. It was embarrassing how many fire trucks showed up in the next few minutes. One of the firemen turned off the gas at the cut-off valve, and they all had a good laugh at me, and left.
Edit: The gas inlet was outside, under the house, and required a special cut-off wrench. |
