{"id":350609,"date":"2024-11-08T11:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350609"},"modified":"2024-11-08T11:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:54:23","slug":"two-people-killed-in-house-explosion-after-heat-pump-borehole-releases-methane-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350609","title":{"rendered":"Two People Killed in House Explosion After Heat Pump Borehole Releases Methane Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FromThe Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Will Jones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two people have been killed in a house explosion reportedly caused when a heat pump borehole released methane gas at a nearby property. The BBC has the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 100m (328ft) borehole close to the scene of a fatal explosion and house fire is being filled with cement to ensure it is \u201cgas tight\u201d, according to safety officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eighty-five year-old Paul Swales died in the blast at Cleat Hill in Bedford on October 19th. Julia Harris, 84, died in hospital of her injuries 10 days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said a plug of 15m (49ft) had been placed in the borehole and it was \u201cconfident the cement is holding the gas back\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A British Geological Survey team, which has been on site since October 21st, said it was continuing to monitor the area for gas and said that since filling work began gas levels had been reducing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, which has maintained a 24-hour presence at the scene, said it had \u201cyet to determine the exact cause\u201d of the explosion but that investigations were continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The explosion occurred in the same area where, on July 2nd, contractors struck a pocket of natural gas while drilling a borehole<\/a> to install a heat pump, causing the evacuation of nearby properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A separate ongoing investigation is under way into the circumstances of the July leak. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Finley, from the Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA), said: \u201cThis is the only occurrence of shallow gas known in over 25 years of GSHP operations in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said it was a \u201ctragic event\u201d that was being taken seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere necessary we will make changes, modify standards and procedures, already in use,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Worth\u00a0reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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