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Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 33

Recently, several fires, resulting in motor cars and motor cycles being 'burnt Herffd) arU Cnr h i aVe occurred (says the Herald). Carelessness, m most of the cases, has not been in evidence, and the full danger in the handling of petrol cannot be brought too strongly before those people engaged in this work. If exposed to air benzine quickly evaporates, and one pint will vaporise in 1000 cubic feet of air. If to this a light or spark if ?i ppl - led .. 1 . t wdl , ignite in the open, but it the ignition takes place under compression, that is, in an enclosed space, it will explode. Where there is benzine gas in a confined space, it will be attracted toil ards ii. ea t, and if fire is adjacent there cannot fail to be danger. After benzine has leaked in a confined space, thd fumes will lurk about for a considerable time. Benzine, therefore, is a highly dangerous commodity.