{"id":132092,"date":"2017-11-02T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=132092"},"modified":"2017-11-02T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T15:55:22","slug":"fire-exinguisher-recall-may-clog-or-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=132092","title":{"rendered":"Fire exinguisher recall, may clog or fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"article__header\" class=\"article__header\">\n<div id=\"byline\" class=\"byline\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-132093\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Fireextinguissherrecall-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Fireextinguissherrecall-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Fireextinguissherrecall-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Fireextinguissherrecall-233x175.jpg 233w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Fireextinguissherrecall.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>(AP)\u00a0 The\u00a0U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of around 37.8 million fire extinguishers due to the fact that they could clog or fail during an emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"article__story\" class=\"article__story\">\n<div id=\"entryContent\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Kidde says it is aware of one death from a 2014 car fire, 16 injuries and 91 reports of property damage related to the recall. In all, there have been 391 reports of one of the company&#8217;s fire extinguisher&#8217;s either failing to activate or doing so with limited functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Affected in the recall are Kidde&#8217;s plastic handle fire extinguishers and its push-button &#8220;Pindicator&#8221; models.&#8221; It covers a total of 134 different models that were manufactured between Jan. 1, 1973 and Aug. 15, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers should immediately contact Kidde to request a free replacement fire extinguisher and for instructions on returning the recalled unit, as it may not work properly in a fire emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers can reach Kidde toll-free at 855-271-0773 from 8:30 a.m. to 5<br \/>\np.m. ET Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET Saturday and<br \/>\nSunday, or online at www.kidde.com and click on &#8220;Product Safety Recall&#8221; for more information.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of the affected models from the U.S. CPSC,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/Recalls\/2017\/kidde-recalls-fire-extinguishers-with-plastic-handles-due-to-failure-to-discharge-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Consumers should immediately contact Kidde to request a free<br \/>\nreplacement fire extinguisher and for instructions on returning the<br \/>\nrecalled unit, as it may not work properly in a fire emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP)\u00a0 The\u00a0U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of around 37.8 million fire extinguishers due to the fact that they could clog or fail during an emergency. Kidde says it is aware of one death from a 2014 car fire, 16 injuries and 91 reports of property damage related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":132093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132094,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132092\/revisions\/132094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/132093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}