Man, 83, burned in house blast after pulling gas pipe from wall
William Lee, of 24, Barrett’s Buildings, Cork, was hospitalised for five weeks after sustaining burns to the front of his body in the explosion at his home in January 2013.
Mr Lee said he was moving an electrical socket for a hi-fi on the day in question and there was what he described as a loose pipe in his way so he pulled a length of pipe — roughly 2ft long — off the wall and put it out into his shed.
