Columbia, SC (WLTX) - A number of red plastic consumer gas cans are made without a small device in the container's spout that could make them more safe. The device is a small piece of mesh screen ...

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 ...

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.