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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1976
WARNING ON WATER HEATERS
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY AGAIN WARNED THE PUBLIC TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN USING WATER HEATERS IN BATHROOMS WHICH HAVE LITTLE OR NO VENTILATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WARNINGS HAD BEEN ISSUED FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE PAST BUT DEATHS AND INJURIES STILL OCCURRED.
SINCE APRIL LAST YEAR, THERE HAD BEEN 15 CASES OF BATHROOM ACCIDENTS INVOLVING WATER HEATERS. AS A RESULT, TWO PEOPLE DIED AND 13 OTHERS INJURED.
+WHETHER THESE PEOPLE WERE OVERCOME BY GAS LEAKING FROM A DEFECTIVE CYLINDER, OR THROUGH LACK OF OXYGEN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE DEATHS AND INJURIES WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE OCCURRED HAD THERE BEEN PROPER VENTILATION.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT MANY SHOWER CUBICLES AND BATHROOMS HAD BEEN CONVERTED FROM COLD TO HOT WATER SUPPLY BY THE INSTALLATION OF A GAS HEATER.
HE SAID: IN SOME CASES WHERE THESE CONVERSIONS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT, PROPER VENTILATION HAS NOT DEEN PROVIDED.+
+WE HOPE THAT BY ALERTING THE PUBLIC, FURTHER TRAGEDIES COULD BE AVOIDED, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED,
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