Alert Contractor Saves Home From Potential Gas Fire

An alert plumber is credited with saving a home in Overland Park, Kansas, last week from a potentially dangerous gas leak. Dan Riden, owner of Riden Plumbing Co., was replacing an external waterline when he discovered an unmarked gas line and quickly notified the contractor.Contractor Steve Larson says if he had dug deeper he would have yanked out the gas main and could have caused a dangerous leak.“If I were to hit that line, there’s a real potential of spark, and if that spark goes, then we got fire and we’ve got big fire because it’s going to be fed by