Good day, the dry season in Nigeria has always had a higher fire outbreak.
The incident at Next Cash and Carry is just one of such, and probably more incidents might occur. One of the most common fire fighting equipment is the fire extinguisher, and everyone should know how to use it.
There was a video of the fire outbreak at Next Cash and Carry Mall, showing how some people struggle to use the extinguishers when the fire was at the initial stage to be put off by extinguisher.
The fire extinguishers are used to stop fire at it's early stage. And there is a basic technique to do that.
It's is called "PASS" which stands for pull safety pin for "P", aim at the base of fire for "A", squeeze lever for "S" and swipe for "S".
The safety pin is placed to prevent the extinguisher from accidentally been discharged. It has to be pulled out to be able to discharged its content.
When fighting the fire, you aim at the base of the fire, because that's were the reaction of the fire takes place.
You squeeze the lever to release it's content. It comes with pressure so you can give your self a distant from the fire.
Then you swipe left to right continuesly until the fire is put off. But when the fire is to big, you have to evacuate the premises to a safe place and call the fire service.

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