Careless smokers cited as common cause of fires here
Jump to full article: The Electric New Paper (sg), 2008-08-21
Author: Andre Yeo
Intro: The bad news was that the number of fires has gone up since last year.
And in some of the categories that saw an increase in the number of fires, smokers had left their fingerprints behind.
Or more precisely, their lighted cigarette butts. For example, there were 1,097 rubbish fires during the first six months of this year - 102 more than in the same period last year.
A common cause?
Lighted cigarette butts from ashtrays, thrown down chutes, said the SCDF.
These included fires in rubbish chutes and rubbish bins, and involved discarded items.
The SCDF said rubbish fires can be prevented if lighted cigarettes and other burning materials are completely extinguished before
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