MONDAY, JULY 5, 1982
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PUBLIC WARNED AGAINST SMOKING IN PETROL STATIONS
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY WARNED THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY MOTORISTS, NOT TO SMOKE IN THE VICINITY OF PETROL STATIONS.
+ IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO SMOKE IN SUCH AREAS AS CONTACT WITH THE HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE VAPOUR MAY LEAD TO EXPLOSION AND FIRE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
+ONE CARELESS ACT MAY RESULT IN DISASTER, HE WARNED.
HE ADVISED MOTORISTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEMSELVES, AND THEIR PASSENGERS, EXTINGUISH THEIR CIGARETTES BEFORE ENTERING FILLING STATIONS.
+ IT IS AN OFFENCE FOR PEOPLE TO SMOKE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF PETROL FILLING STATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THERE HAVE BEEN CASES REPORTED TO FIRE SERVICES THAT STAFF OF FILLING STATIONS WERE SEEN SMOKING WHILST WORKING AND HANDLING HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE MATERIALS, HE SAID.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPOKESMAN TOLD OPERATORS AND EMPLOYEES OF PETROL STATIONS TO OBSERVE STRICTLY ALL THE SAFETY RULES.
A LETTER SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES HAS RECENTLY BEEN SENT TO ALL OPERATORS AND LICENCEES OF PETROL STATIONS URGING THEM TO ENSURE STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LICENSING CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY THE PROHIBITION OF SMOK ING.
+A BREACH OF LICENSING CONDITIONS IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE AND IS PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF $1 000 AND ONE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT, AND COULD RESULT IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE OPERATOR'S LICENCE, HE ADDED,
+OFFICERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON PETROL STATIONS AND WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION WHEN AN OFFENCE IS COMMITTED AGAINST THE DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE, + HE WARNED.