APPENDIX II
CAUSES OF FIRES: INCLUDING DEATHS AND INJURIES AT FIRE
No. of incidents
748
No. of deaths and
injuries
37
Careless handling or disposal of lighted matches, cigarettes,
hot ashes and candles, etc.
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Careless handling or disposal of joss-sticks, joss-candles, fire-
crackers, joss-papers, mosquito coils, etc.
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Hot cinders, sparks and burning soot from foul chimneys and
flues falling on inflammable materials
115
17
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98
Over-turned kerosene stoves and oil lamps
Unattended cooking stoves, heaters, irons
126
30
66
13
Misuse of dangerous goods
Children playing with matches
23
8
157
13
Electrical faults generally
441
31
Sparks from defective motors
Over-heating of engines, motors and machinery
Boiling-over of oils, tar, wax, etc.
:
40
3
:
26
1
13
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Burst gas mains or pipes
4
1
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Sparks from welding equipment .
Defective cooking stoves ...
Uncontrolled buruing of rubbish.........
Spontaneous combustion...
Suspected arson
Unknown
False alarms
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18
6
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33
3
15
2
10
1
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1
377
52
176
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Total
26
2,487
222