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Show Fire Causes 7,000 Deaths In Past Year More than 7,000 persons, mostly most-ly women and children, were burned to death and more than 400,000 families were made homeless in 1944 because people ignored simple precautions a-gainst a-gainst fire. Even elementary precautions against the danger of fire which may cost your life or the lives of your loved ones would have averted the preponderance of these fires, according to the Oct., issue of Good Housekeeping magazine, which lists several precautions to take against fire in your home. Fluffy clothing while cooking is one of the major causes of fires in the home, according to the article, which advises women to wear short-sleeved dresses while cooking. "Screen your fireplace to keep popping embers off rugs, "Be careful where you put your cigarette. cig-arette. Nearly 300 fires are caused each week by persons forgetting for-getting to disconnect their electric elect-ric irons. Be especially careful about dry-cleaning fluids which are highly inflammable. "Watch out for fires starting in rubbish. Put in metal, not wooden, containers. Keep your heating pad dry to avoid not only fires but painful burns or shock. Be careful to keep portable heater heat-er away from curtains and woodwork wood-work where people might stumble stum-ble over it, "If you must burn dead leaves other debris, without an incinerator, inciner-ator, do it on a windless day in a clear space far from house or outbuildings and away from grass, shrubs and hedges." Once a fire starts in your home, if you can't extinguish it within a few seconds after you discover it, don't continue to fight it. Get everyone out of the house and call the fire department. depart-ment. In this connection, the article points out that it is advisable, as a preliminary measure, to learn the location of the nearest fire box and also train the family in the best means of escaping from the house, especially if the doors |
