04/09/2005
Al-Ahram Newspaper 2005/SEPTEMBER/04
Decades ago, the LPG bottle was like the magic solution to hundreds of thousands of Egyptian families who relied on kerosene burners. As time went on, there was not a single home that did not have one. The causes for these tragedies are vast, but the most important was the fact that the bottle lacked safety and security measures. The extension of natural gas pipelines to homes has now become this era’s LPG bottle. These pipelines are a modem for advancement and a national economic project for its role in protecting the environment from pollution and are a major source of energy. (Available in Arabic – German in PDf )
Decades ago, the LPG bottle was like the magic solution to hundreds of thousands of Egyptian families who relied on kerosene burners. As time went on, there was not a single home that did not have one. The causes for these tragedies are vast, but the most important was the fact that the bottle lacked safety and security measures. The extension of natural gas pipelines to homes has now become this era’s LPG bottle. These pipelines are a modem for advancement and a national economic project for its role in protecting the environment from pollution and are a major source of energy. It should be noted that residential buildings represent the largest number of fires. This is why it is important to raise public awareness in regards to dealing with these kinds of disasters in order to minimize their negative effects and provide basic firefighting methods available to homeowners. This topic has gone beyond discussion and has made it an imperative method for fighting against the hazards of gas networks. This is to the extent that is has become a national demand and necessity to put a stop to the loss of lives and damage to properties.