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Tobacco fire
- Never litter cigarettes or sleep tobacco~
Last Updated June 23, 2022
Current status of fires caused by tobacco in Yokohama City
Because the tobacco fire is small, it may be hard to imagine that it can cause a fire and cause great damage.
Due to the spread of e-cigarettes and the decline in smoking rates, fires caused by tobacco may be on a declining trend, but it is still one of the causes of fires in Yokohama City. Occupies the top.
Let's reconfirm the actual situation of fires caused by tobacco and prevention methods.
Main causes of fire in Yokohama City
※Electrical equipment ➡ Home appliances and batteries, wiring appliances, etc. ➡ Electrical Appliances, table taps, etc.
In the past five years from 1999 to 2003, 536 fires caused by tobacco in Yokohama City, and 22 people have died. This is the top cause of fires in the fires that caused the deaths, so it cannot be said that "Tobacco fires are small and not dangerous."
Fireplace of fire
Speaking of tobacco fires, you may think that there are many fires that occurred outdoors, such as `` littering it while walking tobacco, igniting hay and causing a fire '', but in fact you live In your home, there are 211 fires, about 40% of the 536 fires caused by tobacco mismanagement.
In addition, all 22 people who died were fires caused by tobacco in houses.
Fire cases and countermeasures
The temperature of the surface in contact with the combustibles of a lit cigarette is about 20 ° C to 300 ° C. Because the fire is small, the flame does not rise immediately even if you touch the surrounding garbage or cloth. However, one of the characteristics of a fire caused by tobacco is that it continues to smoke gradually (flameless combustion) and then ignites after a while.
Because the flame does not rise immediately, a fire may occur after a family member goes out or sleeps.
Case 1 A fire from the trash can
In this trash can.
I threw away a cigarette that was completely gone.
Approximately five minutes later, a fire alarm was issued for residential use.
About 9 minutes later, a fire broke out from the trash can.
About 10 minutes later, the fire spread around.
About 15 minutes later, a big flame
After fire is extinguished
Points to prevent
・Soak the butts in water, make sure that it has disappeared completely before throwing it away in the trash.
・Use a trash can that throws away cigarettes and a trash can that contains other trash.
・Do not use plastic items for trash cans to throw away cigarettes.
・Do not use cup ramen containers or plastic bottles as ashtrays.
※In the case shown above, a residential fire alarm alerts about 5 minutes after throwing the cigarette in the recycle bin. If you were aware at this point, you may not have to worry about it. Residential fire alarms are effective for early detection of fires.
Case 2 Sleeping Tobacco (tobacco falls on the futon)
He drank alcohol and entered the futon and lit the cigarette, but fell asleep and the tobacco fell on the futon. A cigarette burns onto the futon, causing a fire
The cigarette placed on the ashtray fell without notice
One minute later, the batting of the futon was burned (that can be smoked), and the temperature was over 150 ° C).
About five minutes after the fall, the ceremonial ceremony was spreading.
About 20 minutes after the fall, the scope of the salvation was further expanded.
About 24 minutes later, the tissue box broke into the tissue box and fired.
About 5 minutes after the fire broke out
About 7 minutes after the fire broke out
After about eight minutes, the fire goes through the entire room
After fire is extinguished
Points to prevent
・Never smoke in bed.
・I don't smoke on the futon.
・Use flameproof bedding.
Case 3 butts accumulated in the ashtray
By putting a lit cigarette into a glass ashtray with accumulated butts, it burns flameless with other cigarettes in the ashtray, the hot ashtray broke, the butts in the ashtray spilled out, surrounding the miscellaneous goods and fire
Points to prevent
・Discard the butts that have accumulated in the ashtray.
・Put water in the ashtray and make sure that the fire has gone out.
Case 4 veranda balcony
Leave the cigarette butts in the planter on the veranda and went out.
Over time, cigarette butts ignited the hay grass in the planter, causing a fire.
Points to prevent
・Avoid smoking outdoors on windy days, as there is a risk that tobacco fire may fly and cause fire.
・When smoking, make sure that there are no combustibles around you.
※Smoking is progressing at home, and many people may smoke on the veranda or balcony. In addition to flameless combustion, which is a characteristic of fires caused by tobacco, verandas and balconies are not always in a human environment, so their discovery is delayed.
Case 5 Littering
・Someone discarded cigarettes with insufficient fire-processed fire on the riverbed, ignited the overgrown hay and fired.
Points to prevent
・Understand that littering cigarettes can lead to serious damage.
Finally
Most tobacco fires can be prevented due to a slight carelessness, and most can be prevented if they are careful. Recognize the dangers of tobacco fires and take thorough measures to protect yourself and your precious family.
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