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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

Hundreds in Sheffield still without gas 10 days after pipes flooded

Workers in Stannington on Wednesday, before heavy snow disrupted restoration work.
Workers in Stannington on Wednesday, before heavy snow disrupted restoration work. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

Hundreds of people in Sheffield entered their 10th day without gas on Sunday after more than 1.5m litres of water flooded into gas pipes and created a nightmarish scenario “like something out of a disaster movie”.

Heavy snow overnight delayed restoration efforts in Stannington, the worst-affected area, which sits at the top of a hill in the north-west of Sheffield. Malin Bridge, at the bottom of the hill, has also been badly affected.

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