Question

What is the importance of lighting the match first before turning on the main gas valve?

Answer 1

When lighting the burners, light the match before you turn on the gas. If the flame goes out, turn off the burner and let the gas disperse before relighting. Clean away any grease, oil or debris from the area to prevent a grease fire.

Answer 2

The importance of lighting the match first before turning on the main gas valve is because:

• When we turn it on the gas valve has filled in the supplier escaped immediately from the holes of the burner to the surrounding air and if we delay the lighting of the matchstick later it could cause an explosion because gas is now in the surrounding air.
• The larger the size of the burner, the more dangerous could be the explosion.
• So, we should light the matchstick before turning on the valve.