In outer Delhi’s Alipur police searched a scrap godown, and arrested three men for selling empty fire extinguishers as oxygen cylinders at extremely high rates. Police said they seized 532 empty fire extinguishers, which were painted black and fitted with nozzles to make them look like oxygen cylinders, from the godown.
Delhi Fire Services (DSF) chief Atul Garg said, “Liquid oxygen is filled in a cylinder at a pressure of 300 bars (1 bar = 100,000 Pa). Oxygen cylinders are made of tough metal and are tested as per the protocol before they are deemed fit for use and refilling. But fire extinguishers do not need that much pressure. If a fire extinguisher is used for refilling oxygen, it may burst because of the high pressure and cause danger to human lives.”
Other than the empty fire extinguishers, 26 oxygen cylinder nozzles, two electric grinder machines used for removing the red paint of fire extinguishers, three silver spray paint cans, and other items, were also seized
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