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More than 40 actor blaze extinguishers were afresh recalled in the U.S. and Canada because they may abort to actuate or be difficult to discharge. In addition, the bill can abstract with abundant force to affectation an appulse hazard.
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According to the United States Consumer Artefact Safety Commission website, the anamnesis issued Nov. 2 involves two styles of Kidde blaze extinguishers, some with artificial handles and others that accept a push-button nozzle.
The blaze extinguishers can become chock-full or crave boundless force to acquittal and can abort to actuate during a blaze emergency.
Plastic handle blaze extinguishers
The anamnesis involves 134 models of Kidde blaze extinguishers bogus amid Jan. 1, 1973, and Aug. 15, 2017, including models that were ahead recalled in March 2009 and February 2015. The extinguishers were awash in red, white and silver, and are either ABC- or BC-rated. The archetypal cardinal is printed on the blaze extinguisher label.
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For units produced in 2007 and beyond, the date of accomplish is a 10-digit date cipher printed on the ancillary of the cylinder, abreast the bottom. Digits bristles through nine represent the day (of the year) and year of accomplish in DDDYY format. Date codes for recalled models bogus from Jan. 2, 2012, through Aug. 15, 2017, are 00212 through 22717. For units produced afore 2007, a date cipher is not printed on the blaze extinguisher.
Push-button Pindicator blaze extinguishers
The anamnesis involves eight models of Kidde Pindicator blaze extinguishers bogus amid Aug. 11, 1995, and Sept. 22, 2017. The no-gauge push-button extinguishers were awash in red and white, and with a red or atramentous nozzle. These models were awash primarily for kitchen and claimed aircraft applications.
Remedy
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Consumers should anon acquaintance Kidde to appeal a chargeless backup blaze extinguisher and for instructions on abiding the recalled unit, as it may not assignment appropriately in a blaze emergency.
Note: This anamnesis includes blaze extinguisher models that were ahead recalled in March 2009 and February 2015. Kidde branded blaze extinguishers included in these ahead appear recalls should additionally be replaced. All afflicted archetypal numbers can be begin online at cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017.
Recall advice for blaze extinguishers acclimated in RVs and motor cartage can be found on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website at nhtsa.dot.gov or by this NHTSA’s website.
Incidents/Injuries
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The close is acquainted of a 2014 afterlife involving a car blaze afterward a crash. Emergency responders could not get the recalled Kidde blaze extinguishers to work. There accept been about 391 letters of bootless or bound activation or bill detachment, including the fatality, about 16 injuries, including smoke assimilation and accessory burns, and about 91 letters of acreage damage.
These blaze extinguishers were awash at assorted department, home and accouterments food nationwide, including Menards, Montgomery Ward, Sears, Home Depot, Walmart and others, and online at Amazon.com, ShopKidde.com and added online retailers for amid $12 and $50 and for about $200 for archetypal XL 5MR. These blaze extinguishers were additionally awash with bartering trucks, recreational vehicles, claimed aircraft and boats.
The artefact is bogus by Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Co. Inc. of Mebane, N.C., and are bogus in the United States and Mexico.
Consumers can acquaintance Kidde anon by calling toll-free at 855-271-0773 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday, or online at kidde.com and bang on “Product Safety Recall” for added information.
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