What caused the Abbeystead disaster?
The strong probability which emerged was that the explosion had been caused by the ignition of gas, likely to be mainly methane, which had accumulated in a void in the tunnel, and that the pumping of water had displaced flammable gas from the tunnel into the Valve House.
The strong probability which emerged was that the explosion had been caused by the ignition of gas, likely to be mainly methane, which had accumulated in a void in the tunnel, and that the pumping of water had displaced flammable gas from the tunnel into the Valve House.
