What Experts Say About Gas Heating Systems After the Deadly House Collapse in Görlitz

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Heavy gas accidents are regarded as extremely rare experts consider the risk of serious gas accidents in Saxony to be very low. Mitnetz Gas, the largest gas network operator in the Free State, usually calls gas pipelines safe. An event such as the domestic collapse in Görlitz is therefore extremely rare. The German Association of Gas and Waterfolds also points out that the probability of such an accident is very low. Nevertheless, technical defe…

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In Görlitz an old building falls out of the sky - three people die. The reason is a possible gas explosion. What does this mean for other Saxonys that heat with gas?

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The fatal house collapse in Görlitz almost two weeks ago, which claimed three lives, raises questions about the safety of gas pipelines. Authorities suspect a gas explosion as the cause of the tragedy on James-von-Moltke-Straße. The issue affects hundreds of thousands of households in Central Germany – in Saxony alone, more than 468,000 of 861,100 residential buildings are heated with gas, and in Saxony-Anhalt, roughly every second apartment. Ex…