WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Reports of lightning-related fires and gas leaks in at least a dozen states have raised concerns about the use of flexible gas lines made of corrugated stainless steel tubing and ...

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, ...

ANNAPOLIS — The widow of Frederick County Battalion Chief Joshua Laird and elected officials from Frederick County are continuing their push for stronger regulations on a common building material ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO - It's a common type of gas pipe found in millions of homes, that some experts say poses a deadly danger every time we have thunderstorms. A new state law ...

Q–The natural gas lines being installed in our new home are not heavy black iron pipe. They are a new flexible stainless steel piping system installed like electrical wire. What is this material? Is ...

The Lubbock City Council voted Tuesday to rescind city ordinances that banned certain kinds of corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST). The move comes after a change in the state law, stating local ...

Lubbock's strict rules on household gas tubing will need to be taken off the books. The Lubbock City Council said a new state law prohibits the city from having added protections on gas tubing. On ...

ROCKWALL, Texas, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brennen Teel Foundation praises NASFM for looking beyond the risk of CSST when lightning is present. Test results commissioned by NASFM of 120 volt ...