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Tuesday May 16 2017
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CAUTION: Beware of sunlight refracting off windows, mirrors or bottles. It can start a fire.
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Sunlight can cause fires By Mark Thomas, fire risk management officer A COUPLE of years ago I went to a house fire in the Heathcote Valley where low sunshine through a window had refracted from a small concave mirror sitting on a coffee table, setting fire to the adjacent couch and causing a lot of damage. If I remember rightly it occurred at about this time of year. It seems that the lower trajectory of the sun is a factor. What happened in Thurso Pl, North New Brighton, last Thursday was even
more bizarre. The occupant had been out and came home just before lunchtime to the distinct smell of smoke in the house. They quite wisely called 111. Wainoni and New Brighton crews attended. They found a vacuum cleaner beside a small piece of scorched carpet. It was evident sunlight was still refracting off, of all things, the slightly concave chrome wheel hub of the cleaner at a temperature hot enough to start the carpet burning. If this had resulted in a full house fire I doubt the
very best fire investigators amongst us would have come up with this cause. And who would have believed them if they did? There are people still using portable gas heaters. It’s understandable. Once the gas bottle is full there’s instant heat for what seems a long time. But these things release carbon monoxide and water vapour into the air you’re breathing and living in. They’re also expensive. Electrical heating appliances are far cleaner and in the case of heat pumps much cheaper. Please change if you can.