Exploding Gas Cans Under Investigation Legal News Articles & Interviews

New York, NY Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, will pay $25 million as a settlement contribution to resolve a raft of personal injury lawsuits filed by people who were injured or had someone they knew killed by exploding portable plastic gas cans, NBC News reports.

Dodge County, GA A Milan, Georgia man died recently after a gas can explosion occurred in his shop just outside the town of Rhine on Will Reeves Road, the Macon Telegraph reports.

Youngstown, OH Sometimes progress isn't a good thing. Take portable gasoline cans, for example. In the old days, gas cans used to have a vent, that would allow vapors to escape from the can, avoiding a buildup of pressure in the container (often the case if a container is stored in a warm environment, like a tool shed not shielded from the sun…)

Youngstown, FL An investigation is underway following a gas can explosion which left four people critically injured.