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With agas shortage Affecting several states, American pilots go to extreme means for their cars to be gasped and operational. Although the fear of the price of gasoline on the sky on the horizon caused individuals to start gas, it is not the only problematic behavior that people are guilty of the pump. An American authority now warns of a serious security problem supported by the gas crisis. Read it to find out if this habit could endanger you.

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Although this may seem evident to some, the Consumer Product Safety Board (CPAC) has found it necessary to remind consumers not to fill any containers other than gas with gasoline.

After a photo of a trunk filled with gas bags, the CPSC has issued a statement to the public about practice. "Do not fill the plastic bags with gasoline," theProduct Security Authority Tweeted May 12th. "Use only approved containers for fuel."

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In a follow-up tweet, the CPSC acknowledged that the precarious situation of many people are currently on because of the gas shortage led to desperate measures, but people should always try to protect their well-being above all.

"We know that it seems simple, but when people become desperate, they will stop thinking clearly. They take risks that can have deadly consequences. If you know someone who thinks about bringing a container not intended to make gas, pleaselet them know that it's dangerous, "The CPSC wrote.

This is not only the risk of gasoline gasoline in your car, you must worry about if you transport gasoline in plastic bags - transfer it to other containers can be perilous in some situations. CPCC recommended tracking transportation and storage instructions on your essence and avoid potential sources of ignition if you transfer gasoline between containers.

"The flame jet is a sudden and possibly violent flash fire that can occur during the flow of flammable liquids of a container on an exposed flame or other source of inflammation," tweeted. "Never pour flammable liquids from a container to an exposed flame."

Although it's good practice, keep the essence exclusively in the gas tank of your car or gas, photos and recent videos to show that people with gas in plastic bags or bags of storage are not what they seem.

According to snopes, a widely distributed photo of aTrunk full of gas bags That having claimed to be recently recently came from a gasoline flight incident in Huauchinango, in Mexico 2019. Similarly, a viral video of a woman filling a plastic tote with gasoline. Service was also shot in 2019.

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