Using Gasoline to Start a Fire = Bad Idea
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:19 pm
Parents, have you been asked by your children why you just don’t use gasoline to start the bbq? The campfire? The fireplace? The trash pile? (If you haven’t been asked, you better bring up the subject yourself - quickly!)
Most fire prevention screeds usually contain the following helpful tidbits:
1. Fires and burns cause more than 4,000 deaths and more than 50,000 hospitalizations every year.
2. Check to make sure paint and other flammable liquids are stored in their original containers, with tight-fitting lids. Store them in a locked cabinet if possible, out of your child’s reach, and away from appliances, heaters, pilot lights and other sources of heat or flame.
3. Never use flammable liquids near a gas water heater.
4. Store gasoline, propane and kerosene outside the home in a shed or detached garage. Keep them tightly sealed and labeled in approved safety containers.
5. Gasoline should be used only as a motor fuel, never as a cleaning agent.
6. Never smoke near flammable liquids.
7. Do not start lawnmowers, snowblowers or motorcycles near gasoline fumes. Let small motors cool off before adding fuel.
8. Be very careful with barbecue grills. Never use gasoline to start the fire. Do not add charcoal lighter fluid once the fire has started.
Okay. The above sounds reasonable. But what’s the big deal? Gasoline couldn’t really be that much different than lighter fluid, diesel, paint thinner, acetone, or varnish, could it?
Watch this video and see for yourself. (Safe for your kids to watch.)
Source: http://www.digitalfog.com/index.php/200 ... -bad-idea/
Most fire prevention screeds usually contain the following helpful tidbits:
1. Fires and burns cause more than 4,000 deaths and more than 50,000 hospitalizations every year.
2. Check to make sure paint and other flammable liquids are stored in their original containers, with tight-fitting lids. Store them in a locked cabinet if possible, out of your child’s reach, and away from appliances, heaters, pilot lights and other sources of heat or flame.
3. Never use flammable liquids near a gas water heater.
4. Store gasoline, propane and kerosene outside the home in a shed or detached garage. Keep them tightly sealed and labeled in approved safety containers.
5. Gasoline should be used only as a motor fuel, never as a cleaning agent.
6. Never smoke near flammable liquids.
7. Do not start lawnmowers, snowblowers or motorcycles near gasoline fumes. Let small motors cool off before adding fuel.
8. Be very careful with barbecue grills. Never use gasoline to start the fire. Do not add charcoal lighter fluid once the fire has started.
Okay. The above sounds reasonable. But what’s the big deal? Gasoline couldn’t really be that much different than lighter fluid, diesel, paint thinner, acetone, or varnish, could it?
Watch this video and see for yourself. (Safe for your kids to watch.)
Source: http://www.digitalfog.com/index.php/200 ... -bad-idea/