NITE = Product Evaluation Technology Infrastructure Organization should clean the equipment before using it, saying that using a heater such as a stove with dust accumulated may lead to a serious accident such as carbon monoxide poisoning. Calling attention.
According to NITE, there have been 652 accidents such as fires caused by stoves and fan heaters in the five years up to last year, and 77 people have died in total, including the burning of houses.
The number of accidents begins to increase around November every year, and the number of accidents increases in January, so NITE has released an experimental video to help prevent accidents before the time when the frequency of using heating appliances increases.
In the video, you can see that if you ignite with dust accumulated in the air inlet of the kerosene heater, the required air is not supplied and the stove's combustion cylinder is not burning sufficiently.
If you continue to use it in this state, it may lead to serious accidents such as carbon monoxide poisoning, so we are calling for regular cleaning before use.
In addition, old kerosene that has remained in kerosene heaters from the previous season will deteriorate and become difficult to burn, and carbon monoxide emissions may increase, so we are calling for disposal at gas stations.