How Safe is Gas?
Having been in the industry for over 30 years servicing appliances. It is not as dangerous as most people think. It is very hard to generate the right conditions for an explosion. Just ask some one how hard it is to light the pilot on their water heater and that is designed to be easy.
The gas mixture has to be just the right proportions to air, the ignition source hot enough and in the right place before ignition will occur.
The smell makes gas easily identifiable too. If you do smell gas, open the windows and doors to ventilate the space, do not operate any electrical device either on or off, and call us, from a phone not near the gas leak, to test for leaks and locate the source of the leak. Turn off the gas if you can at the gas meter.
The electrical industry has far more accidents than the gas industry.
All energy sources have risks. When the systems are maintained it is safe.
