The neighboring Tennessee cities of Millersville and Goodlettsville are butting heads over plans for a new propane storage facility, NewsChannel5.com reported this week. Cheryl Maplesden, Carl Sumruld and a posse of other Goodlettsville residents object to the new facility and are going door to door to raise awareness for their cause. They’re concerned that the […]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Fiskars Brands, Inc. of Madison, Wisconsin, announced a voluntary recall today of Fiskars’ SmartPower String Trimmers. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first weed whacker recalled this summer. The problems are usually similar: fire, burn and laceration hazards. In this case, the trimmer’s engine vibrations were found to […]
Dubai Civil Defense and Emirates Gas have teamed up to launch a campaign to educate propane consumers on awareness and safe usage, the Khaleej Times reported last week. As part of the program, the Dubai Municipality will send gas safety experts to 15,000 houses over the month of Ramadan to teach people with a direct, […]
Police officers in Rosenberg, Texas found almost half a million dollars stashed in a television and a propane tank inside a vehicle during a routine traffic stop last week, ABC7chicago.com reported. Officers became suspicious when their police dog searched the vehicle’s exterior and alerted them to a front door seam and a large cardboard box. […]
We’re not sure if this crafty tortoise is actually attempting theft or just got stuck. Either way, we like his style – looks like he’s just as big a fan of barbecue as we are! Where’s the propane tank, you say? He already loaded it into the back of his getaway car. [youtube 2ICzUKe2eSo&feature=player_embedded]
Daniel Herriman, 40, will appear before a Magistrate Judge in Muskogee, OK, today for allegedly attaching an improvised explosive device (IED) to a natural gas pipeline, FuelFix.com reported. He faces federal charges of attempting to destroy property used in interstate or foreign commerce. According to the Seminole County Sheriff Office’s report, two Enerfin Resources employees […]
Here at the ‘pro, we never like to hear news of propane tanks being abused – or women being abused, for that matter. But deputies arrested a Florida man this week for striking his live-in girlfriend and throwing a propane tank on her car as she tried to drive away from their home in Sebring, […]
In their latest success in cracking down on decanting and distribution of LPG tanks on the black market, police commandeered a van carrying 19 unregistered LPG cylinders near Mukundgunje last week, Times of India reported. Propane is used widely in India, Asia, and the Himalayas for powering appliances, cooking, home heating and motor fuel. However, […]
Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) dismissed regulation changes that would’ve required propane distributors to pass a safety test to become registered under OGRA’s list of approved distributors, PakTribune reported today. After a string of tank explosions and accidents injured several Pakistanis, some of them fatally, the Authority said they were creating a safety […]
With the warmer weather making its way to us, thousands of people across the country will be fueling up the ole’ RV, and hitting the road. In addition to regular maintenance under the hood of your RV, it’s important to remember you’re driving around with a well-contained, but volatile propane system. While LPG (liquid petroleum […]