Gasoline Safety


Potential Gasoline Vapor Ignition Sources
nSmoking items
(cigarettes and lighters)
n
nHeater and furnace pilot lights
n
nRefrigerators and freezers
n   (motors may spark when activated by thermostats)  
 Potential Gasoline Vapor Ignition Sources

Smoking around gasoline vapors increases the risk of an explosion, from the spark of a lighter or the flame of a carelessly discarded match or cigarette.
The pilot lights in the safest water heaters and furnaces are raised off the floor 12 to 18 inches. This lowers but does not eliminate the risk that gasoline vapor concentrated on the floor of a basement or a garage could be ignited by a pilot light flame.
Many people put freezers or second refrigerators in basements or garages. They may use store or gasoline nearby without realizing that the spark of a motor being turned on by a thermostat could ignite gasoline vapor.

 (Bridge) What other fuels are potentially dangerous?