Ram­co In­dus­tries Lim­it­ed has is­sued a pub­lic ad­vi­so­ry on the safe use of liq­ue­fied pe­tro­le­um gas (LPG) fol­low­ing re­cent re­ports of in­ci­dents in­volv­ing gas tank ex­plo­sions at homes and in com­mu­ni­ties.

In a state­ment, the com­pa­ny said that while in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to in­di­vid­ual cas­es are on­go­ing, safe­ty across the LPG mar­ket­place re­mains its pri­or­i­ty. Ram­co out­lined key safe­ty mea­sures for users, in­clud­ing the use of on­ly ap­proved reg­u­la­tors and hoses that meet codes EN16129 and EN559. Reg­u­la­tors should be re­placed every five years and hoses every two years, or im­me­di­ate­ly if dam­aged.

Ram­co re­mind­ed cus­tomers that de­fec­tive reg­u­la­tors and hoses are the lead­ing cause of LPG fires. Its reg­u­la­tor kits are man­u­fac­tured to in­ter­na­tion­al stan­dards and in­clude two hose clips for prop­er in­stal­la­tion.

Con­sumers were al­so ad­vised on safe­ty pro­ce­dures in the event of a gas leak. These in­clude turn­ing off the cylin­der valve, ven­ti­lat­ing the area, avoid­ing the use of elec­tri­cal de­vices or flames, and call­ing emer­gency ser­vices at 990.

The com­pa­ny stat­ed that it con­tin­ues to in­vest in safe­ty tech­nol­o­gy, in­clud­ing sys­tems to de­tect faulty or miss­ing O-rings dur­ing the cylin­der fill­ing process. Cylin­ders that fail safe­ty tests are re­moved and quar­an­tined.

Ram­co said cus­tomers can con­tact the com­pa­ny through its toll-free num­bers 800-COOK (2265) or 800-4LPG (4574) for as­sis­tance, to re­port leaks, or to re­quest in­spec­tions. - RB