Abu Dhabi Police and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defense have warned of five reasons that lead to vehicle fires, which are mostly caused by drivers’ neglect of safety and prevention measures. They explained that cars contain flammable elements such as liquid fuels and oils, and internal components such as plastics, rubber, and others.
Lt. Colonel Engineer Salem Hashem Al Habashi, Director of the Public Safety Department at the Abu Dhabi Civil Defense Authority, stressed the need to prevent car fire accidents by carrying out maintenance by a specialized technician, in order to protect the vehicle and protect its users, conduct periodic maintenance of the vehicle and deal with specialized repair shops, because non-specialized workshops may Its workers repair a malfunction, but they may cause other malfunctions, stressing that keeping a fire extinguisher and a first aid bag is necessary.
For his part, Major Dr. Eng. Adel Nassib Al-Saqri, Head of the Fire Department at the Criminal Evidence Department at Abu Dhabi Police, explained that there are five causes of vehicle fires, including the essential additions that do not conform to the approved measurements and specifications, leaving liquid materials that may contain flammable materials in the vehicle, and the drivers’ use of non-original and incompatible products. With the vehicle’s electrical system, which leads to a seam and a fire, and the fourth reason is not to disconnect the electrical devices inside the vehicle, especially in the summer, and to install additional parts in the vehicle by a non-specialist technician.
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