Fuel Gel Recall
FUEL GEL RECALL OVER FIRE AND BURN RISK
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recently announced that the agency has received reports of at least 75 flash fire injuries, including 2 deaths and 34 victims hospitalized with second and third degree burns caused by exploding fuel gel used in fire pots and other outdoor decorative lighting. The fuel gel has been sold by retailers since 2008.
According to the CPSC, Napa Home and Garden recalled 460,000 bottles of fuel gel in June.
On September 1, 2011, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a second recall of 2 million bottles of fuel gel used in fire pots. The nine companies involved in the September 1st recall include:
- Bird Brain Inc. of Ypsilanti, Michigan;
- Bond Manufacturing of Antioch, California.;
- Sunjel Company of Milwaukee;
- Fuel Barons Inc. of Lake Tahoe, Nevada;
- Lamplight Farms Inc. of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin;
- Luminosities Inc. of St. Paul, Minnesota;
- Pacific Decor Ltd. Of Woodinville, Washington;
- Real Flame of Racine, Wisconsin; and
- Smart Solar USA of Oldsmar, Florida.
Marshall Group of Elkhart, Indiana backed out of the recall agreement at the last minute.
Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C. is vigorously representing a burn victim who was severely burned as a result of a fuel gel fire involving PatioGlo bio-fuel gel sold by The Marshall Group of Elkhart, Indiana.
If you or a loved one have been injured by exploding fuel gel in fire pots or other decorative lighting, contact us for a free evaluation of your claim.
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