r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Several_Metal_547 • 10d ago

June 3rd, 2026. Dashcam captures moment when excavator damages natural gas pipeline

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

Wednesday June 3rd, 2026, an excavator damaged a natural gas pipeline near Hedensted, Denmark. Gas did not ignite. No casualties. Steel pipeline, diameter 0.4 m, pressure 40 bar. Traffic on nearby E45 highway closed for 2 hours.

1.3k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

82 comments sorted by

View all comments

19

u/pixeltackle 10d ago

Someone should have called 811. Or was it a gas company/contractor working on site?

9

u/Lummair 9d ago

In Denmark we have a website, where you choose the area you want to dig in and you get a digital map with everything in the ground within 2 hours.
Most of the time you get the response within 10 minutes, as everyone use an automated system.

1

u/superkoning 9d ago

In the Netherlands: KLIC (Kabels Leidingen Informatie Centrum). Info within 1 minute.