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SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1975

HEATERS CAN BE DANGEROUS

IF NOT HANDLED PROPERLY

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PROPER CARE IN USING PORTABLE KEROSENE OR ELECTRIC HEATERS MAY PREVENT THE OUTBREAK OF A FIRE.

THIS MESSAGE WAS SPELT OUT BY A FIRE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY TO WARN PEOPLE AGAINST THE DANGERS OF IMPROPER USE OF KEROSENE OR ELECTRIC HEATERS.

HE GAVE THE WARNING AS MORE HOME WARMING APPLICANCES ARE NOW BEING USED TO BEAT THE WINTER COLD.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SEVERAL HEATER FIRES, SOME SERIOUS, OCCURRED EACH WINTER LARGELY BECAUSE PEOPLE DID NOT HANDLE THEIR HEATERS WITH PROPER CARE.

THE RISK OF FIRE COULD BE EASILY AVOIDED IF HOUSEHOLDS TOOK SIMPLE PRECAUSTIONS. SUCH AS NEVER FILLING KEROSENE HEATERS WHILE THEY ARE STILL ALIGHT- KEEPING HEATERS IN SUITABLE POSITIONS OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN AND AWAY FROM BEDDING AND CURTAINS OR OTHER INFLAMMABLE MATERIALS AND NOT PLUGGING TOO MANY ELECTRIC HEATERS INTO ONE OUTLET.

+AND NEVER SHOULD KEROSENE OR ELECTRIC HEATERS DE USED

TO DRY CLOTHING, HE STRESSED.

HE ALSO URGED HOUSEHOLDERS TO STORE KEROSENE WELL AWAY FROM ANY SOURCE OF HEAT, SUCH AS FIRES OR COOKING STOVES AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE.

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