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.