APPENDIX VII
Cause of fires
No. of incidents
No. of deaths & injuries
1. Careless handling or disposal of lighted matches, cigarettes,
hot ashes and candles, etc.
638
69
2. Careless handling or disposal of joss-sticks, joss-candles,
fire-crackers, joss-papers, mosquito coils, etc.
162
24
3. Hot cinders, sparks and burning soot from foul chimneys
and flues falling on inflammable materials
73
2
4. Over-turned kerosene stoves and oil lamps
79
12
5. Unattended cooking stoves, heaters, irons
68
3
6. Misuse of dangerous goods
260
54
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7. Children playing with matches
8. Electrical appliances generally
9. Sparks from defective motors
10. Over-heating of engines, motors and machinery
11. Boiling-over of oils, tar, wax, etc.
12. Burst gas mains or pipes
13. Sparks in the course of cutting, welding
14. Defective cooking stoves
62
14
397
3
24
2
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25
3
25
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15. Uncontrolled burning of rubbish
++
1
16. Spontaneous combustion
17. Suspected arson
18. Sun's ray
19. Unknown
+++
***
44
20
2
17
6
7
10
36
冠务
2
1
1
2
骄
121
30
Total:
1,895
269
19
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