Daily News | What you need to know about natural gas safety in Philadelphia
that it was not the result of a leaking natural gas main operated by the Philadelphia Gas Works, a common problem in a city with some of the oldest utility infrastructure in the country.Investigators may take as long as a year to reach a conclusion on what happened on the 3500-block of Miller Street. In the meantime, here’s what you need to know about natural gas safety in Philadelphia.PGW manages the network of natural gas pipes that run throughout the city.
Outside of the home, potentially hazardous gas leakage is harder to track. Ackley said rapidly changing temperatures during the winter are when cracks in underground gas mains are most likely to form. Anyone who suspects a gas main leak outside of their home is urged to call their gas company immediately.The Port Richmond explosion appears to be unrelated to the city’s aging network of natural gas pipes, whichBut that issue remains of key importance to the city and PGW, which has sought in recent years to quicken its pace of replacing brittle cast iron mains with new PVC ones.
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