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The majority of all fires start hr trashpiles, rubbish, or stored odds and ends that accumulate around / „ , the house. Closets, attics, and cellars are the main source of 4' home fires, and .plain ordinary good housekeeping* is a strong’ line of i defense against them. V ^ ; Clean out your storage places, r You will be surprised at how many burnable odds and ends are'really . | useless to you. Don’t let them ’ - - make your home a fire hazard. Get >rid of them. If local welfare agencies can’t use them, call the j junk man. } Don’t stop when you’ve cleared . j , out the inside of your house. Go after rubbish in your back yard, in falleys and in vacant lots near your home. Collect the rubbish and burn * ? it. Don’t leave it around to burn if 'an enemy bombs your city. Be V• - sure to burn rubbish in metal v'. containers, a,; V Take a look at your electrical system. Buy new plugs and cords . if yours are worn. Get advice frotti an electrician if your fuses blow ' frequently. Thqr may be dangerously overloaded* fils advice may ; . prevent a bad me. ^ ‘ ;, | Every winter costly fires are started by faulty furnaces, stoves, 'and other heading plants. Some: result: from too much' soot in
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