What are the consequences of not turning off the gas stove?
Leaving the gas stove off may cause gas poisoning or explosion.
1. On February 11, 2015, a gas stove in the kitchen of a restaurant in Litong District, Wuzhong City was ignited. What was even more frightening was that the gas tank was not closed. Fortunately, the fire officers and soldiers dealt with it in time and the explosion was not caused.
2. Close doors and windows in winter, reduce the frequency of ventilation, use gas water heaters, gas stoves that are not closed tightly, or use coal stoves for heating, which may cause gas poisoning accidents.
Extended information:
When the weather is cold in winter, people use coal stoves to heat their rooms or when residents use gas water heaters for bathing and daily life in winter, they do not pay attention to maintaining air circulation and fuel insufficiency. Complete combustion and poor smoke exhaust can easily cause carbon monoxide poisoning.
People who are poisoned often gradually fall into coma without realizing it. Often when the poisoned person realizes that they have to leave the scene, their limbs are too weak to call for help, which is extremely dangerous.
In fact, it is not only the burning of coal that produces carbon monoxide. As long as it is a carbon-containing fuel, carbon monoxide will be produced in a state of oxygen-deficient combustion, causing gas poisoning, such as the air conditioner in a car.
Experts from the Guiyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that when the carbon monoxide in the blood reaches 0.02%, mental system damage, hypoxia and other conditions will occur within 2-3 hours.
When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the indoor environment reaches 0.08%, it can cause coma in 2 hours. The higher the concentration, the faster the coma. In addition, mild carbon monoxide poisoning can quickly return to normal if the person is immediately removed from the environment and inhaled fresh air.
If rescued in time, moderate carbon monoxide poisoning will take several days to recover; severe carbon monoxide poisoning will suffer from memory loss, mental retardation, and mental disorder after recovery. Those with severe carbon monoxide poisoning will die on the spot.
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