Peter Mulbah, an environmentalist at Conservation International, suggests that people use generators intermittently with battery-powered energy-saving lights to avoid taking their generators indoors. “It is a complex issue that involves the government, civil society, the communities and families.”Mulbah also disagrees with Dahn over the adequacy of the public transport system. “There is no efficient public transport in Liberia,” Mulbah interjects. According to the Liberian National Fire Service (LNFS) there were 88 fire incidents, bulk of which resulted from shock circuit and generators, particularly gasoline generators. Meanwhile, Barvoul has an advice for the public: “The [diesel fuel] generator has a lower risk as compared to the gasoline.

Source: Front Page Africa August 26, 2016 01:07 UTC