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carpets or rugs if saturated from frequent spills
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Kerosene Heater
Dangers
Kerosene was once a major fuel for
stoves. We now use it mainly as fuel for space heaters. Improved insulation
and other protective measures have greatly reduced injuries from
kerosene-fueled space heaters. However, there are certain risks, now found
mainly in older kerosene space heaters, that should not be ignored.
An explosion can
occur if gasoline is mistakenly used as fuel.
Young children who
trip or fall against a heater’s hot surface can experience a contact burn
injury. Children have also been scalded from spills of hot food or beverages
being heated on top of space heaters.
Fires have started
in papers or other combustibles placed too close to a heater.
Carpets or rugs
saturated from frequent spills when heaters of any age are fueled in place
can also ignite.
(Bridge)What other liquid or gas
products are potentially dangerous, and other what conditions?
