http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/24/settlement-reached-in-chantilly-gas-leak-explosion/

Looks like it was faulty infrastructure. Brookfield residents can expect some inspections/gas line work over the next few months.



"Washington Gas has to pay Virginia $154,800 under a settlement order from the State Corporation Commission stemming from an investigation into a December 2010 explosion that destroyed a home in Chantilly.

While not admitting or denying liability, the company is on the hook for another $219,700 if it doesn’t replace all the copper service lines in the Brookfield community by the end of November, among other requirements.

The company was charged with nine violations of the SCC’s gas pipeline safety standards in the order. Those include not recording test readings of natural gas after the incident occurred, failing to document leakage test readings and the locations of gas discovered as part of the investigation, failing to perform a complete leak survey of the service line to the address, and failing to identify and record a “service violation” of the line under the home’s foundation during a June 1, 2009, leak survey"

Washington gas ain't the best. It's the SECOND home in less then 15 years that's blown up due to incompetence by them. Remember the explosion in South Riding? Washington Gas was a defendant in that case...

And the homeowner's insurance paid him and then went after Washington gas. Likely a private settlement.

scary to think they dont care enough about their customers that they'd actually let them blow the fuck up................

Not to jack the thread, but what ever happened in the end with that house that went up a few years ago in Chantilly ? around the same time. I seem to recall a house that suffered damage to the lines by a seperate utility company. I don't recall if their was or was not a Fatality but remember the miracle of a small child surving being blown out of the house and landing in the grass across the street.

articles:
http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?id=126562
http://ww2.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/archivestory.php?id=137015
NTSB Report:
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2001/south_riding_va/index.html

I wish I didn't have to deal with Washington Gas at all. Why is it their office looks out onto the Capitol but when you call them you're talking to someone in the Philipines. If I am forced to use a utility company they should not be able to outsource jobs overseas.

wow... Wrote:
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> Washington gas ain't the best. It's the SECOND
> home in less then 15 years that's blown up due to
> incompetence by them. Remember the explosion in
> South Riding? Washington Gas was a defendant in
> that case...


The south riding explosion was pinned on Leo construction. WGL had their gas line already in and Leo nicked it with a flow mole. The leaking gas permeated the ground and rose up through the sump crock in the basement.

Washington Gas is run by the same ethnic group that runs WMATA. What do you expect?