APPENDIX III
CAUSES OF FIRES: INCLUDING DEATHS AND INJURIES
AT FIRES AND SPECIAL SERVICES
No. of incidents
No. of deaths and
injuries
998
205
*
Careless handling or disposal of lighted matches, cigarettes,
hot ashes and candles, etc.
Careless handling or disposal of joss-sticks, joss-candles, fire-
crackers, joss-papers, mosquito coils, etc.
260
294
11. J
Hot cinders, sparks and burning soot from foul chimneys and
flues falling on inflammable materials
Over-turned kerosene stoves and oil lamps
Unattended cooking stoves, heaters, irons
Misuse of dangerous goods
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Children playing with matches
Electrical faults generally
:
Sparks from defective motors
Over-heating or engines, motors and machinery
Boiling-over of oils, tar, wax, etc.
Burst gas mains or pipes ...
Sparks from welding equipment
Defective cooking stoves ...
Uncontrolled burning of rubbish .....
Spontaneous combustion ...
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:
Suspected arson
+
Unknown and special services and false alarms
Total
31
97
7
***
133
11
66
22
5
5
173
11
635
151
67
****
20
43
9
:
39
12
11
3
18
21
7
:
7
15
3
3
1
930
391
***
3,521
1,156