BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Trying to prevent deadly explosions, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent contractors to more than 100,000 government-issued trailers on the Gulf Coast to paint stove knobs a distinctive red.
FEMA spokesman Aaron Walker said the change will help trailer residents tell the difference between the knobs that control the igniters, and those that operate the burners on propane stoves...
The plan seemed like a waste of time and money to Vica Dees, a Biloxi resident whose stove knob was painted last week. “It was just odd,” she said. “I know what that knob is for. If it was that big of a hazard, they should have replaced it before they gave us the trailer.”
FEMA scrapped its initial plan to replace black knobs with red ones. “We found out there are not enough knobs out there to get the job done in a timely manner,” Walker said...
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