Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANNAPOLIS — The widow of Frederick County Battalion Chief Joshua Laird and elected officials from Frederick County are continuing ...

Reported incidents of fires resulting from lightning strikes near structures containing corrugated stainless steel gas piping have resulted in a debate within both the lightning protection and CSST ...

In a 14-page, unpublished opinion dated January 10, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a verdict now in excess of $1.5 million with interest in a subrogation claim that ...

Lightning struck a tree and followed the underground propane gas line into the house where it caused the corrugated stainless-steel tubing (CSST) lines to arc and ignite escaping gas that burned the ...

NBC 5 contacted two other companies who produce corrugated stainless steel tubing to see what they had to say regarding the safety of their product when it comes to lightning strikes. Their replies ...

Flexible gas lines have virtually replaced immobile iron pipes over the past 30 years. But the flimsier “corrugated stainless steel tubing” — commonly called CSST — can pose a much greater fire risk, ...

I last blogged about CSST bonding nearly three years ago. There have been a few changes to CSST bonding rules since then, and there is still a lot of bad information circulating about CSST bonding and ...

The City Council in a unanimous vote made Lubbock the first city to prohibit the installation of first-generation corrugated stainless steel tubing, or yellow CSST, which is a flexible tubing that ...

Corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) has been widely used for natural and propane gas systems. Not all mechanical contractors embraced CSST, but the potential labor savings certainly were ...