In-house equipment responsibility

In-house equipment responsibility

MORNING WITH MARK ROPER.

HE'SLIVE AT THE SCENE IN NORTHWESTBALTIMORE WITH MORE ON THEINVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSEOF THE EXPLOSION.

MARK -- THISCOULD HAVE RESIDENTS CONCERNEDABOUT THE SAFETY OF APPLIANCESIN THEIR HOMES.

WHAT ARE SOMETHINGS PEOPLE CAN DO TPROTECT THEMSELVES?BGE'S RESPONSIBILITY STOPS ATTHE GAS METER AT YOUR HOME --SO ONCE YEAR -- YOU'LL WANT TOCHECK THE GAS LINES IN YOURHOUSE AS WELL AS ANYAPPLIANCES THAT USE GAS SUCHAS A WATER HEATER -- DRYER --OR STOVE.

THERE ARE SEVERALWAYS TO DETECT A GAS LEAK.YOUR NOSE IS THE FIRST ANDOFTEN MOST RELIABLE WAY.NATURAL GAS IS ODORLESS ANDCOLORLESS BUT MERCAPTAN ISADDED TO PRODUCE A ROTTEN EGGSMELL.

IF YOU HEAR HISSING ..BLOWING ..

OR ROARING ..

ITMAY BE GAS ESCAPING.

ALSO --IF YOU SEE DIRT BEING BLOWNAROUND, DEAD PLANTS, OR WATERBUBBLING ..

THAT COULD BEANOTHER SIGN.

AND IF YOU'REHAVING AN APPLIANCE INSTALLEDOR NEED TO MAKE REPAIRS --MAKE SURE TO HIRE A LICENSEDPROFESSIONAL.

A PLUMBINGPROFESSIONAL TELLS US -- ITDOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR HOME ISNEW CONSTRUCTION OR AN OLDONE.

4:24 you could have asituation in a brand new homewhere something wasnproperly installed or it wasor someone bumped into anappliance and it damaged a gasline.

Sometimes with dryersthey tend to walk a little bitwhen theyit could actually the gas linebehind the dryer itself :21NOW AS FAR AS THE SAFETY OFGAS LINES OUTSIDE YOUR HOME --BGE REGULARLY CHECKS ITMETERS AND LINES FOR LEAKS.AND THEY'LL SEND YOU A NOTICEIF CREWS ARE PLANNING TO DOTHIS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODANYTIME SOON.

LIVE INNORTHWEST BALTIMORE -- MARKROPER -- WMAR 2 NE