Man left stunned as cat discovers gas leak after chewing and scratching carpet
dailyrecord.co.ukA man was left stunned after a cat discovered a gas leak in a house when it was chewing and scratching the carpet. Sean Evans says the leak could have "blown the house down" had it not been found.
The plumber and gas engineer says the bizarre incident occurred when he received a call-out to a house in Swansea. He says that when he walked through the door, he could instantly smell that there was a significant issue.However, when the engineer began to investigate the root of the problem, it was the family cat which helped him track down the leak.
Wales Online reports that Sean decided to focus his investigation on an area of carpet where the owner's pet had been digging.He was shocked that when he lifted the piece of carpet, he found the gas leak directly underneath.
The tradesman says he had a gut instinct to trust the animal's judgement. Sean said: "A lady was panicking. She phoned the gas board because she could hear noises under the floor, and the gas board told hear to call a plumber, so I went out the morning after. "As soon as I got through the door I could smell gas.
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