Show GUARD dvaid AGAINST OIL FIRES recently a news item reported that live persons were burned to death when gasoline was waa courm on a wood stove fire resulting in an explosion the same day an item from another itale told ot of th the d destruction truc tion of an entire family if cr six when the father attempted to start a fire in the stove and poured coil oil upon the kindling these are typical of dally daily tragedies due to careless use of petroleum products gasoline kerosene benzine and similar pro products duetz should be kept in tightly closed conta cantan n ers outside the house houe in filling small containers from the supply keep the nozzle in continuous contact with mith the edge of th the intake opening in ii order that there in may ay be no rap gap for static sparks to 0 o jump across do not smoke light matches or any open lights nearby during the filling op crati cratton cr atlon oi Kp kerosene rosene lamps should be filled during tile the daytime and out side the house morr trucks and a nd automobiles should hould nt n t bw be kept in barns or out buildings containing combustible materials as backfiring can call stait conflagration nere is also tl the c hazard ot of gasoline fumes reaching exposed flames even some di distance banot train froin the machine and causing an explosion if must be kept in such quarters they should be rolled onside before becote the motor is 13 started oa olbie kerosene and like pro ducts should not be used to quicken fires or for home dry cleaning as numerous possibilities for fires or explosion lie ile present these prec aitt ons may eem elementary but the hazards implied ln olied have caused accidents which hac baie taken mime numerous rotis lles and destroyed much property during petr olei ini and its products de troied aper t tv v allied at in the united states common rn sene rne e dm demands edmands ands greater ci e by eperone ec exe rione rone to reduce trese los vs |