CHANDLER, AZ — The ABC15 Investigators have learned the type of pipe that leaked and caused a natural gas explosion, seriously injuring four people in Chandler last month, had a prior history of premature degradation issues, leaks, and explosions.
Southwest Gas shared the results of its initial investigation with ABC15 Tuesday morning, 12 days after the explosion at Platinum Printing at Ray and Rural roads in Chandler.
The company found the pipe that leaked is a Driscopipe 8000, a type of pipe that is susceptible to degradation and leaks under certain conditions. The company said the ”stub" pipe that leaked in Chandler had been mislabeled in installation records, so it had not been included in previous remediation efforts for Driscopipe 8000.
The August 26 explosion injured four people, with burns on up to 30 percent of their bodies. Platinum Printing co-owners, Dillon Ryan, 29, and Andrew Ryan, 39, their employee, Parker Milldebrandt, 29, and Glenn Jordan, 58, who worked at the Eyeglass Repair business to the west of the print shop, were all hospitalized.
The explosion blew the roof off of Platinum Printing, shattered windows, and caused other damage to several nearby businesses in the strip mall.
Southwest Gas emailed the following statement:
First and foremost, we continue to keep in our thoughts those injured and affected by the incident in Chandler and are hopeful for their successful recoveries. We care deeply about those injured in this accident, as well as the...
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