The risk is growing said the HSE, with 12 explosions in 2010, rising to 29 last year, following a slight drop to 8 blasts in 2011. Worryingly, in less than six months of this year there have already been 12 blasts.*Note for Canadians and Americans: this usage of "pavement" is equivalent to the North American "sidewalk"
In May 2012, three women were injured when a cable pit blew up on Edgware Road and back in August 2011, 76 year old Colin Wingate was confined to a wheelchair for three months following a pavement blow out in north-west London.
Friday, June 21, 2013
London's exploding pavements*
Underground power-boxes nestled beneath the pavements* of London keep
blowing the hell up. In its defense, UK Power Networks reminds us that
there's a lot of these boxes, and only a few of them explode
catastrophically every year, blowing huge, dramatic holes in the
streetscene. I'm reassured!
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