TAR-HEATER FIRES
City Engineer’s Suggestions
A by-law prwvtdang that no mobile bMumen-heater should be used unless • fireextinguisher was carried on it and that where the kettle was operating in any public place or in any building a man should be in attendance at all times when the burner was alight was favoured by the City Engineer (Mr E. Somers) in a report to the City Council. His comments had been sought after the Christchurch
Metropoittan Fire Board drew attention to the frequency with which tar or other bituminous materials became ignited when being heated. The board saad there was a grave risk of fire and smoke damage to adjoining properties. Fires could almost always be properly contained if the lid of the boiler was put down and the fire withdrawn, Mr Somers said, but dense clouds of black smoke were emitted and could be a nuisance. Without attention, it was just possible that the bitumen would flow after boiling and bum aa it flowed.
None of the council’s boilers was allowed out without an extinguisher and they bad been effective on many occasions, he said.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30051, 8 February 1963, Page 8
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