APPENDIX II
CAUSES OF FIRES: INCLUDING DEATHS AND INJURIES AT FIRE FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1.4.64 TO 31.3.65
Causes
No. of Incidents
No. of Deaths and
Injuries
Careless handling or disposal of lighted matches, cigarettes, hot
ashes and candles, etc.
1,211
62
Careless handling or disposal of joss-sticks, joss-candles, fire-
crackers, joss-papers, mosquito coils, etc.
133
18
Hot cinders, sparks and burning soot from foul chimneys and
flues falling on inflammable materials
82
2
Over-turned kerosene stoves and oil lamps
192
88
+
Unattended cooking stoves, heaters, irons
61
15
Misuse of dangerous goods
-
4
3
Children playing with matches
138
16
Electrical faults generally
1,055
49
Sparks from defective motors
21
5
Over-heating of engines, motors and machinery
36
8
Boiling-over of oils, tar, wax, etc.
13
4
Burst gas mains or pipes
7
2
Sparks from welding equipment
*
18
5
Defective cooking stoves
35
17
Uncontrolled burning of rubbish.
14
Spontaneous combustion
11
Suspected arson
5
5
Unknown.
214
17
False alarms
254
Total
3,504
316
40
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