A six-month-long NBC 5 investigation into flexible gas line tubes known as CSST, corrugated stainless steel tubing, has prompted action that could help protect people who are buying homes across ...

For years companies that make CSST, which is used to pipe gas to appliances mostly in newer homes, have said most lightning fires can be prevented if CSST is connected or “bonded” to an ...

CSST lines and lightning strikes can be problematic, the fire company stated, because lightning can travel along the tubing and burn a pinhole in the line, resulting in a gas-fed fire burning in ...

It has been determined that lightning strikes caused the CSST lines to arc and ignite escaping gas that sparked combustibles which burned for an extended time in unknown voids. ATF Special Agent ...