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Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Cook stoves, lamps, and other household utilities in which there are open flames, cannot be watched too closely. This line of clothes drying over a gas stove is very dangerous. So is a curtain that a puff of wind can float over an open flame. So is anything combustible that is allowed to come too close to fire. These fires cost over five million dollars

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Cook stoves, lamps, and other house...

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Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Roofs made of combustible materials need only a few sparks from nearby chimneys to cause quick-spreading fires that can engulf whole neighborhoods. This old shingle roof is particularly dangerous. Fires caused by sparks on roofs totaled nearly 80,000 during 1941, and caused a loss of 14 million dollars

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Roofs made of combustible materials...

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