[header] How to protect children from burns and scalds [title] Keep young children away from sources of fire. [step] This includes fires, matches, candles and cigarettes. Teach children not to play with matches or lighters and to bring them to adults straight away if they find them. 
[title] Keep stoves on a flat, raised surface out of the reach of children. [step] If an open cooking fire is used, it should be made on a raised mound of clay, not directly on the ground.