2022 Sheffield gas supply outage
Major gas supply outage in December 2022 in Sheffield, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city of Sheffield, England was impacted by a major failure of the local natural gas supply network in December 2022,[1] resulting in a loss of central heating and gas stove availability to more than 3,000 properties in the northwestern suburbs of the city.[2] The outage, which has predominantly affected the Hillsborough, Malin Bridge and Stannington districts,[3] was declared a major incident by Sheffield City Council;[4] some properties were without a gas supply for almost two weeks.
Date | 2–15 December 2022 (2022-12-02 – 2022-12-15) |
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Duration | 13 days |
Location | Hillsborough and Stannington, Sheffield |
Coordinates | 53.393587°N 1.547911°W / 53.393587; -1.547911 |
Type | Natural gas supply outage |
Cause | Burst water main, resulting in widespread flooding of the gas supply network |
Participants | Cadent Gas, Northern Powergrid, Sheffield City Council, Yorkshire Water |
Outcome | 3,000+ properties affected |
The gas supply outage affected the Cadent Gas network, and was caused by a burst water main on the Yorkshire Water network which resulted in more than 2 million litres of water flooding into the gas supply network.[5] Yorkshire Water confirmed that the breach to the water main had been resolved by 6 December.[2][1] In addition to the widespread gas supply outage, numerous properties in the affected areas have also suffered from outages to their water and electricity supplies as knock-on effects.[3][2]
Heavy rainfall initially hampered recovery work, followed by cold temperatures and snowfall. In response to the widespread lack of heating availability and increasingly cold temperatures, dropping as low as −3 °C (27 °F) on 9 December,[6] a major incident was declared by local authorities.[4] The Red Cross distributed aid, including food, drinks and blankets, to residents in the affected area.[6]