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Fire tube boilers are safer than water tube boilers.

Fire tube boilers are safer than water tube boilers. Correct Answer False

In event of sudden and major tube failure steam explosion may occur in furnace of fire tube boiler due to rush of high pressure water into hot combustion chamber. Water tube boiler does not contain such tubular heating surfaces so no such problem arises there.

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