The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service has sounded warning to residents of the area on the danger inherent in storing fuel in vehicles.
In an interview with newsmen, the PRO of the agency, Mr Timveh Jerry, said the fire service noted with concern that people were in the habit of buying and storing fuel in gallons adding that the act was dangerous.
According to him, “We frown strongly at people buying fuel and storing in vehicles either to use it later in generators or for any other domestic use.
“When you store fuel in a wind up vehicle there is every tendency for heat to be trapped in such vehicle.
“Because fuel is inflammable it will always want to look for a means of escape which is what we call ‘Evaporation’.
“As they keep evaporating, they circulate in that vehicle and once this evaporated inflammable air come in contact with any ignitable it will explode.”
