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In order to avoid the risk of explosion, checks are regularly carried out on the gas pipes. How are they made? Reporting.
In 2019, several buildings were blown up on rue de Treviso in Paris. In 2021, three people were killed in Sanary-sur-Mer (var). Last April, an explosion killed eight people in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhone). How are the gas pipes checked? The France 3 teams followed a team of GRDF aboard a sniffer van, equipped with sensors 10,000 times more sensitive than the human nose. Every street in the city is inspected at least once a year.
11 million people connected to the network
According to a recent report, the latest studies have failed to reveal serious breaches of security obligations. However, routine monitoring actions are not always carried out. Some Parisian elected officials are worried about it. vincent BaladiCouncilor of Paris, indicates: “We know that there are a certain number of pipes which are new, over 50% pipelines. We also know that there are regular problems.“ It is at the end of the distribution that the risks would be the highest. In France, 11 million people are connected to the natural gas network.