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Anti-combuation safeguarding of fuel and other combustible material confined in contact with a pre-existing overlying ambient atmosphere supportive of combustion. Such atmosphere is displaced by an underlying blanketing layer of heavier-than-air gaseous carbon dioxide evolving from solid non-combust

Anti-combuation safeguarding of fuel and other combustible material confined in contact with a pre-existing overlying ambient atmosphere supportive of combustion. Such atmosphere is displaced by an underlying blanketing layer of heavier-than-air gaseous carbon dioxide evolving from solid non-combustible carbon dioxide located at a nearby site, from which it is distributed to site(s) of fuel or other combustible material. Such a method, together with apparatus to implement it, is applicable to fuel or other combustible material not only when stored at a fixed location, but also in a transport vehicle or craft of whatever type, and wherever located. Distributive flow of carbon dioxide to fuel sites in air, land, or marine craft may be accelerated in accordance with fuel consumption, and also in the event of occurrence of a spark or other hazard, as by applying radiation to the solid carbon dioxide so as to increase its existing rate of conversion into carbon dioxide gas.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Safeguard apparatus for fuel or other combustible material confined in contact with an ambient atmosphere that is supportive of combustion upon occurrence of a spark or similarly hazardous event,comprising:solid carbon dioxide, at whose surface heavier-than-air gaseous ca

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Safeguard apparatus for fuel or other combustible material confined in contact with an ambient atmosphere that is supportive of combustion upon occurrence of a spark or similarly hazardous event,comprising:solid carbon dioxide, at whose surface heavier-than-air gaseous carbon dioxide evolves, for distribution to a site of confined fuel or combustible material, where it is capable of displacing ambient atmosphere from such contact;an access passageway conductive of such gaseous carbon dioxide, from the site of the solid carbon dioxide, to the site of confined fuel or other combustible material, where ambient atmosphere is to be displaced from such contact, to prevent or to arrest combustion;including at the confined site a sensor sensitive to a spark or to an increase in atmospheric temperature or pressure, as a potentially hazardous condition to be reported from the sensor to, and be evaluated by, a central monitor, near the site of the solid carbon dioxide and sensitive to conditions at the site of the confined fuel or combustible material and adapted to control the evolution of the gaseous carbon dioxide.