According to federal regulations (33 CFR 183.505), marine carburetors and fuel-injection systems must have a flame arrester installed to prevent a backfire from igniting fuel vapor in the engine ...
WLTX-TV, Columbia, S.C. Wire mesh will prevent a heat source from getting into the gas can The flame arrestor would cost manufacturers about a nickel to include Consumer Product Safety Commission has ...
The portable plastic gas can industry has for the first time publicly released test results showing that explosions may be preventable if the cans include safety devices called flame arresters. As NBC ...
In response to an NBC News investigation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday called for manufacturers to add flame arresters to plastic gas cans to help prevent gas vapors from ...