A vacant multi family home blew up on Sunday. The cause: copper thieves stealing copper pipping.
The house is said to be vacant for over a year, but the gas is still on in the house? WTF, why do gas companies shut gas off at the meter in -40 degree weather and let pipes burst, but leave it connected for over a year while it is vacant?
It’s hard to say if the house was listed or if it was boarded up. It’s an obvious problem with copper thieves breaking into vacant houses around the area. The problem is nobody wants to step up to the plate (lenders) and get these properties sold. They just sit there, with nothing going on.
There is a laugh to the video, the people looting the property afterwards for metal and copper scraps, nobody seems to care and step in. A few years back, true story, I witnessed a couple of people drive up to a new construction house that was not finished, yank all the wires out and piping and drive off. Needless to say they didn’t make it far.
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I completely believe this. Questar Gas here in Utah will threaten shut-off for being 2 weeks past due on your bill. Wonder how these brainiacs missed shutting-off this house after the bill hadn’t been paid in a year. We may never know.