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Fire and Consequential Loss Insurance
Originating hazards How it can be reduced
directly igniting from the blow
pipe. Fires also arise from faulty
or badly maintained fittings on
gas cylinders or incorrectly
connected electric welding
equipment.
Incendiarism Alert watch and guard service,
These are the fires maliciously installing fences and other security
set by intruders, disgruntled measures.
employees and arsonists.
Mechanical sparks Keeping stock clean and by
Many fires originate due to removing foreign material by
sparks from foreign metal in magnetic or other separators.
machines, particularly in cotton
mills, and in grinding and
crushing operations.
Molten substances Proper material handling.
Fires are caused by metal
escaping from ruptured
furnaces or spilled during
handling.
Chemical action Proper operation, instrumentation
Fires can also originate by and control, and by careful
chemical processes getting out handling and storage.
of control, chemicals reacting
with other materials and decom-
position of unstable chemicals.
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