One spark away from disaster
Published Date:
01 May 2008
By Jean Trotter
QUICK-thinking grandmother Honor James prevented a town centre explosion when a gas cylinder crashed 20 feet to the ground.
But modest Mrs James, of Rastrick, said she only did what anyone else would have done.
Firefighters cordoned off an area of Market Street at the back of Wellington Arcade on Tuesday morning after Mrs James spotted the 47kg leaking gas cylinder near where she parked her car at the rear of Wellington House. She could hear gas coming from the cylinder and smelled gas.
Brighouse crew manager Andy Medlock said it would have only taken a small spark to have caused an explosion causing devastation to buildings in the area.
He cordoned off the area and nearby buildings were evacuated. He said the cylinder had been on a flat roof where builders were carrying out work at Barclays Bank in Thornton Square.
(Full story in the Brighouse Echo 1/5/08)
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Last Updated:
01 May 2008 9:28 AM
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Source:
Brighouse Echo
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Location:
Brighouse
