APPENDIX II
CAUSES OF FIRES: INCLUDING DEATHS AND INJURIES AT FIRE
FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1.4.66 TO 31.3.67
Causes
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,
firecrackers, joss-papers, mosquito coils, etc.
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
...
No. of Incidents
No. of Injuries including fatalities
2,235
62
250
8
75
263
79
98
21
Misuse of dangerous goods
3
7
Children playing with matches
342
8
Electrical faults generally
728
60
Sparks from defective motors
24
3
Over-heating of engines, motors and machinery
37
Boiling-over of oils, tar, wax, etc.
17
8
Burst gas mains or pipes
13
4
Sparks from welding equipment
25
8
Defective cooking stoves
Uncontrolled burning of rubbish
Spontaneous combustion
Suspected arson
Unknown
False alarms
43
17
19
2
5
39
6
422
55
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:
4:
332
1
Total
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4,970
348
32