TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1977
EXERCISE CARE WHEN USING GAS WATER HEATERS
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A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO HEED THE DANGERS OF USING GAS WATER HEATERS IN UNVENTILATED ROOMS.
THE APPEAL CAME AFTER A NUMBER OF FATAL ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE USING WATER HEATERS INSIDE ROOMS, USUALLY BATHROOMS, WITHOUT THOROUGH VENTILATION.
+THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS NOT DUE TO THE LEAKAGE OF GAS, AS COMMONLY REPORTED, HE SAID.
+ IT IS THE LACK OF OXYGEN RESULTING FROM THE BURNING OF GAS IN THE UNVENTILATED ROOMS.+
HE NOTED THAT THESE ACCIDENTS OFTEN OCCURRED IN CUBICLES WHERE THE WATER SUPPLY HAD BEEN CONVERTED FROM COLD TO HOT BY THE
INSTALLATION OF GAS HEATERS.
+ IN SOME CASES WHERE THESE CONVERSIONS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT,+ THE SPOKESMAN STATED, +VENTILATION SUCH AS DOOR LOUVRES OR OPEN AIR VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED.+
+ IF YOUR BATHROOM OR OTHER ROOMS IN WHICH GAS WATER HEATERS ARE INSTALLED AND NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH VENTILATION YOU ARE ADVISED TO LEAVE THE DOOR OR A WINDOW OPEN WHEN THE HEATER IS IN USE, HE RECOMMENDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS NOT THE AUTHORITY ON VENTILATION OR THE USE OF GAS HEATERS BUT WAS ALWAYS CALLED TO SUCH INCIDENTS AND SAW THE TRAGIC RESULTS.
+WE HOPE THAT BY ALERTING THE PUBLIC TO THE POSSIBLE DANGERS, FURTHER TRAGEDIES COULD BE AVOIDED, HE ADDED.
WATER CUT * *
SALT WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN TSZ WAN SHAN WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 13) TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.
THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD, WAN WAH STREET, SHUNG WAH STREET, SHEUNG FUNG STREET, LUNG FUNG STREET AND SHATIN PASS ROAD, INCLUDING BLOCK NO. 4-32 OF THE TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATE AND OUR LADY OF PARYKNOLL HOSPITAL IN SHATIN PASS ROAD.