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I had that happen to me as a homeowner before. My current house has a longer setback!
 
As bad as it was it could have turned out even worse, the gas meter was inches away from getting hit by the concrete slab that broke away.
 

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Was he walking in a straight line? Could he touch his nose? Maybe next time he'll pull over when changing his oxygen tank.
 
As bad as it was it could have turned out even worse, the gas meter was inches away from getting hit by the concrete slab that broke away.
Even if the pipe was broken and leaking into the house, I think the chance of an explosion is almost non-existent. Mythbusters did an episode on it, and it's actually pretty hard to get the fuel/air mixture just right for an explosion. Now, if there was a fire, I assume it would contribute significantly to that, but I'm not sure how hard it is to get a natural gas leak to ignite.
 

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