Households Urged to Check Gas Hobs as Faulty Connector Poses Explosion Risk

Some 100,000 hobs in the UK and Ireland are believed to be affected by faulty connectors with fracturing risk that can lead to gas leaks.
Households Urged to Check Gas Hobs as Faulty Connector Poses Explosion Risk
A general view of a gas hob burning in a file photo dated Nov. 10, 2013. PA
Lily Zhou
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British households have been urged to check their gas hobs over faulty connectors that can pose a “serious risk” of poisoning, burns, fire, or explosion even when they are not being used.

The UK government’s product safety watchdog, Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), issued the public alert on Monday following a number of incidents including a gas explosion at a caravan park in Worcestershire in April that seriously burnt a man.

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