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Show All Fires Preventable The majority of fires result from haz ards that could have been removed at the beginning, at a small cost or with a little caution. Hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of lives are destroyed de-stroyed each year because of ignorance or carelessness. The unpreventable fire is almost nonexistent. non-existent. The chief cause of conflagrations confla-grations are defective chimneys and flues carelessly handled matches and cigarettes, defective wiring and electrical electri-cal equipment. It is beter to prevent fires than to extinguish ex-tinguish them after they have done their damage. It should be the civic duty of every citizen to see that all possible pos-sible fire risks under his control are regularly inspected and made safe. |