FIRE AND FOOD SAFETY: While extra attention is required to prevent unwanted fires, bacteria in food offerings is also an issue, the FDA says
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 03, 2020
By: Dennis Xie / Staff writer, with CNA
Fire department offers safety tips for Ghost Month
FIRE AND FOOD SAFETY: While extra attention is required to prevent unwanted fires, bacteria in food offerings is also an issue, the FDA says
By Dennis Xie / Staff writer, with CNA
The Taipei Fire Department on Tuesday, the eve of the Ghost Festival offered four tips on how to safely burn paper ghost money.
As it is custom in Taiwan to make offerings and burn ghost money to commemorate ancestors during the festival, which falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year, the department reminded people how to observe the tradition in a safe way.
First, people should be extra carious when burning ghost money and prevent any paper that is on fire from drifting up in the air and causing damage, the department said.
Smoke rises from the Changliang landfill site in Hualien County’s Yuli Township yesterday after it caught fire, possibly due to ghost money that was still smoldering when disposed.
Photo courtesy of the Hualien County Fire Department via CNA
As it is custom in Taiwan to make offerings and burn ghost money to commemorate ancestors during the festival, which falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year, the department reminded people how to observe the tradition in a safe way.
First, people should be extra carious when burning ghost money and prevent any paper that is on fire from drifting up in the air and causing damage, the department said.
Second, if firecrackers are used as part of the ceremony, environmentally friendly firecrackers are better, it said. [FULL STORY]
