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Old 06-09-2015, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by outlaw View Post
I don't think gas lines trigger a lightening strike fire. Gas lines are grounded. Usually, it is the roof catching on fire.
Anyone interest in the CSST-lightning issue can come up to speed by researching "lightning induced CSST fires" on the Internet and the 2007 class action lawsuit were the court found; "CSST possess unreasonable risk of fire due to lightning strikes." Grounding may be fine to prevent electric shock but when it comes to the power of lightning I would not count on it to prevent an arc from causing a pin hole leak and ignition of the escaping gas.