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 ...

"For a homeowner or a business owner, really the problem with the product is it's very unpredictable when it's going to fail, and it's a very difficult product to make safe," said Mark Utke, a lawyer ...

Linda Pittman and her extended family were having dinner in their Edmond home two summers ago when they heard a noise. "I assumed it was lightning," Linda said. "My daughter was holding something, ...

SPRINGFIELD — Reports of lightning-related fires and gas leaks in at least a dozen states have raised concerns about the use of flexible gas lines made of corrugated stainless steel tubing and have ...

NBC 5 contacted two other companies who produce corrugated stainless steel tubing to see what they had to say regarding the safety of their product when it comes to lightning strikes. Their replies ...

EXTON, Pa., June 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Omega Flex, Inc., (Nasdaq:OFLX) the preeminent international producer of quality engineered flexible metallic products, today announced it will transition ...

Lightning struck a tree and followed the underground propane gas line into the house where it caused the corrugated stainless-steel tubing (CSST) lines to arc and ignite escaping gas that burned the ...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OmegaFlex, Inc., (NASDAQ:OFLX) the leading provider of flexible gas tubing, today reiterated its commitment to the national corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) ...

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Reports of lightning-related fires and gas leaks in at least a dozen states have raised concerns about the use of flexible gas lines made of corrugated stainless steel tubing ...

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – In a turnabout that has gratified proponents of corrugated stainless steel tubing and flexible copper gas tubing, the California Department of Housing and Community Development ...

Corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) has been widely used for natural and propane gas systems. Not all mechanical contractors embraced CSST, but the potential labor savings certainly were ...