Electric hotplates banned locally — is your stove safe?

8world News, 电火炉本地禁售 你家的炉灶安全吗？

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Electric fire stoves that use extremely high voltages to generate plasma flames are prohibited from being sold locally as they do not qualify for safety mark registration. SUTD Senior Lecturer Teo Tee Hui shared that such stoves produce flames through high‑voltage electric discharges rather than gas combustion, reaching temperatures far hotter than conventional gas stoves, and therefore pose additional safety challenges.