For three months, NBC 5 Investigates looked at the safety of flexible gas lines known as CSST, corrugated stainless steel tubing. It’s a product used in millions of newer homes and is approved for use ...

All gas piping materials, equipment, and systems are prone to damage from lightning strikes — though this is a rare occurrence. However, because of its thinner wall, yellow-jacketed corrugated ...

Reported incidents of fires resulting from lightning strikes near structures containing corrugated stainless steel gas piping have resulted in a debate within both the lightning protection and CSST ...

A Lubbock fire marshal is joining a North Texas family in blaming corrugated stainless steel tubing for a fatal fire and explosion that claimed the life of their son. Brennen Teel was visiting friends ...

Flexible gas lines have virtually replaced immobile iron pipes over the past 30 years. But the flimsier “corrugated stainless steel tubing” — commonly called CSST — can pose a much greater fire risk, ...

Lauren has six years of experience writing and editing home improvement content. She covered lifestyle, DIY, design and cleaning at The Spruce for five years and contributed home improvement pieces to ...

Extremely large single-family houses, lightning strikes causing the corrugated stainless-steel tubing (CSST) lines to arc and ignite escaping gas that sparked combustibles and burned for an extended ...