(From left) Genta Aoki, Hideaki Tanaka, Rika Adachi

Genta Aoki and Rika Adachi are the personalities of TOKYO FM's program "Genta Aoki and Rika Adachi Sunday Collection," which delves into useful information and topics of interest in daily life. In the broadcast on Sunday, January 9, we interviewed Mr. Hideaki Tanaka, Director of the Product Safety Division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, on the theme of "product accidents in winter."

Beware of fire accidents, which are useful in cold winter

The most common product accident in winter is "fire accidents caused by heating equipment", with 1361 cases in the 10 years from 2011 to 2020. 191 people have died because of it. According to Mr. Tanaka, the most common cause of fires caused by heaters is "contact with combustible materials such as clothing, curtains, and futons." For example, when drying clothes on a stove, the dried and lightened clothes fall and touch the high temperature part of the stove, causing a fire. There have been cases of fires due to Also, if you go to bed with the stove on, there is a risk that the futon will come into contact with the futon and catch fire when you toss and turn. Never use the ." Electric heaters are the most common fire accidents caused by contact with combustible materials, with 97 cases occurring in the past 10 years. Because electric stoves do not use fire, people tend to think they are safer than kerosene stoves. By the way, looking at accidents caused by contact with combustible materials by age group, the highest number of accidents occurred in people aged 70 and over. I think it's because it tends to be too late to respond," he speculates. In addition, in the event of a fire caused by a heating appliance, the fire spreads to the surrounding area, causing more damage, and in the worst case, there is the possibility of loss of life. Please wear it." In addition, Mr. Tanaka emphasized that "I want everyone to know" about "disinfecting alcohol", which has increased opportunities to use to prevent new coronavirus infections. “Because alcohol is highly volatile and flammable, please be careful not to use it near heaters with fire such as kerosene stoves, and do not bring your hands or fingers close to heaters immediately after disinfection.” talk to