Vernal Express | 1981-01-08 | Page 29 | What's in it for You?

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? Greater protection against fire for people and property is possible, thanks to a chemical group known as chlorofluorocarbons. Fire claims nearly 12,000 lives in the United States each year and does about $11 billion worth of damage. dam-age. Fortunately, chlorofluorocarbons, chloro-fluorocarbons, also known as CFCs, can be an excellent fire-extinguishing gas. It is particularly useful in places where putting out a fire with water would be almost as disastrous as the fire itself. A clean and safe fire extinguishing gas is protecting pro-tecting people and things in many places where water wouldn't do the job.