Residents' fears grow over risks from district heating networks

Central systems that serve a whole community are seen as green, but many are old and poorly maintainedIt was during a night in June that two radiators exploded in Luca's house, jetting scalding water across the bedroom of his six-year-old son and bringing down the ceilings of the ground-floor rooms. By a fluke the family was away."If my son had been in his bed he would have been severely burned," says Luca. "The disaster was inevitable. In the 10 years since I bought the house, not once have the pipes and radiators been serviced, and similar things have recently happened in neighbouring properties." Continue reading...