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Bethesda, MD
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Urgent Warning Issued After Dozens Burned By Steam Cleaners Sold On Amazon, TikTok Urgent Warning Issued After Dozens Burned By Steam Cleaners Sold On Amazon, TikTok
Urgent Warning Issued After Dozens Burned By Steam Cleaners Sold On Amazon, TikTok Federal safety officials are warning consumers to stop using a certain brand of steam cleaners immediately after four dozen burn injuries were reported. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the alert for Dovety Steam Cleaners on Thursday, May 7. The handheld, pressurized steam cleaners can leak or suddenly eject hot water or steam, creating a risk of serious burns. According to the CPSC, there have been 52 reports of hot water spitting, spewing, spraying, spilling out, or leaking from the steamers. The incidents have caused at least 48 reported burn injuries. The affected steam cl…

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by Chris Spiker
Yonkers, NY
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385 Families Left Without Hot Water, Cooking Gas After Leak At Yonkers Apartment Complex 385 Families Left Without Hot Water, Cooking Gas After Leak At Yonkers Apartment Complex
385 Families Left Without Hot Water, Cooking Gas After Leak At Yonkers Apartment Complex Officials, housing authority staff, and business owners will be handing emergency supplies to hundreds of residents of a Westchester apartment complex left without cooking gas and hot water as a result of a leak.  The gas leaks were discovered by Con Edison on Wednesday, Aug. 28 in systems servicing the Palisade Towers apartment complex in Yonkers on Schroeder Street, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said on Thursday, Aug. 29.  As a result of the discovery, Con Edison cut gas service to the complex's 415 units as a precaution, forcing residents to lose cooking gas and hot water …

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by Ben Crnic