RIBBONS OF LIGHT heading over the Second Narrows bridge are caught in this late night time exposure.
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C15-Sunday News, May 11, 1980

& West Vancouver

afety needs
|| for sauna

There will be more fires
with saunas located in
homes, clubs and = apart-
ments unless proper instal-
lation techniques are
followed, warns the
Canadian Standards
Association (CSA).

So far, CSA’s investigators
have investigated eight
sauna fires and carried out
random inspections on
another 20 saunas. None of
the saunas that have been
looked at have been installed
properly.

In most cases, the sauna
heater was not provided with
sufficient clearance. CSA's
Standards require a caution
marking which gives the
minimum clearance to
combustible walls, but the
caution has been ignored
frequently according to Bob
White of CSA's  investi-
gations department.

“As an example, one
heater was only one and a
half inches away from a
quarter inch asbestos board
which was attached to a
cedar wall,” explains White.

George Robb

“The marking called for 10
inches minimum distance
from combustible walls.”

CSA has received reports
of fires from Quebec,
Alberta and Ontario and
more fires may have oc-
curred which haven't been
reported to CSA. The fires
have occurred in clubs,
homes and = apartment
buildings. In one case,
$80,000 damage was done to
a Downsview, Ontario
racquet club while a
Mississauga, Ontario
apartment building had an
estimated $75,000 worth of
damage.

CSA's Consumer Advisory
Panel recommended in
Toronto last week that new
standards covering saunas,
which are now being written,
be “idiot proof.” The group
of consumers were alarmed
by the increasing number of
fires and recommendcd that
the standard contain “zero
clearance” requirements so
that if saunas are installed
next to combustible walls, a
hazard will not exist.

Dave Jenneson

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