Arctic Cat Recalls Off-Highway Utility Vehicles Due to Fuel Leak and Fire Hazard (Recall Alert)

Recall date: July 28, 2015

Recall number: 15-744

Recall Summary 

Name of product: 
Arctic Cat Prowler 500 HDX

Hazard: 

Fuel can leak from the fuel fitting at the throttle body, posing a fire hazard.

Consumer Contact: 
Arctic Cat at (800) 279-6851 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or online at www.arcticcat.com and click on Customer Care, then Product Recall and List of Safety Bulletins for more information.

Recall Details
 

Units
About 2,700

Description
This recall involves model year 2014 Arctic Cat Prowler 500 HDX and model year 2015 Prowler 500 HDX models. The recalled vehicles include vehicle identification numbers (VIN) from 303194 through 305166. The VIN number is located on the rear frame tube under the rear of the box. The vehicles are green, red, vibrant red metallic, or emerald green metallic. “Arctic Cat” is printed on each side of the hood. Also 500 is printed on each side on the front fenders, HDX on each side of the rear cargo box, and “Arctic Cat” on the cargo box tail gate.

Incidents/Injuries
None reported.

Remedy

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Prowlers and contact an Arctic Cat dealer to schedule a free repair.  Arctic Cat is contacting its customers directly.

Sold at
Arctic Cat dealers nationwide from August 2013 to July 2015 for between about $11,000 and $12,400.

Manufactured in
United States

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. 

Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years. 


Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission. 


To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.

Jet Fuel Leaks From Overturned Tanker Near Temple, Texas; driver injured

(Photo by Ethan Hutchins)

July 28, 2015

TEMPLE, TEXAS

 The intersection of Old Highway 95 and FM 93 was closed to traffic Tuesday afternoon southeast of Temple after a tanker carrying jet fuel overturned and began leaking.

Crews from Temple Fire & Rescue and other departments responded at around 12:30 p.m. and were using foam to contain the leaking fuel.

The driver of the truck received what authorities said were minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Scott & White Hospital in Temple.

Highway 95 was closed in both directions and authorities were diverting traffic.
State Highway 93 was closed at the intersection.

Reports from the scene indicated that the closures could last for some time because the truck’s cargo will have to be transferred to another tanker before the rig can be rolled back onto its wheels.

Fuel spill forces evacuation in downtown Chambersburg, Pennsylvania after a Shipley Energy fuel truck hit a dumpster trailer causing gasoline to leak. Conococheague Creek is impacted.

 

Posted July 28, 2015

by Howard Sheppard
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. – 

A mandatory evacuation is in effect in downtown Chambersburg due to a fuel spill.  It happened at about 4 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Lincoln Way  West and Main street near the town square.

County dispatchers confirm that a fuel truck hit a dumpster trailer causing gasoline to leak.  Emergency crews are on the scene working to contain the spill fuel.  Emergency crews say some of the fuel spilled into the nearby Conococheague Creek.  Officials have requested the assistance of a hazardous material team from the Letterkenny Army Depot.

Two construction workers were evaluated at the scene for minor injuries, emergency officials said.

The truck involved in the collision holds 7,500 gallons of fuel. Emergency crews estimate about 200 gallons leaked before the spill was stopped. They’re unsure how much of that made it into the creek. The Pa. Department of Environmental Protection is helping with the situation.

Officials estimate 75 residents in the area were displaced. They expect it will take another two to three hours to clean up and re-open the area to drivers.

York based Shipley Energy, which owns the fuel tanker issued the following release:

A Shipley Energy transport vehicle was involved in an accident at 3:56 pm this afternoon in Chambersburg—traveling on Route 30 West, just past the Rte. 11 traffic circle. It has been reported that the vehicle struck a construction dumpster and sustained damage to one of its rear compartments. The damage to the tank did cause a discharge of gasoline but the spill has been contained (number of gallons unknown at this time).

Local authorities were immediately contacted, including Department of Environmental Protection, as well as Shipley’s emergency response team. Our emergency response team is presently on site and will continue to be on-site to oversee clean up and offload procedures to another tanker. Keystone Petroleum, remediation experts are also on-site in support of vessel containment and oversight.

Shipley Energy is not full of it and is committed to public and environmental safety and the well-being of our team members. We appreciate the assistance from first responders in Chambersburg and will continue to provide more information as it becomes available.

A major 54-inch water pipeline broke in San Bruno on Monday night, causing the loss of millions of gallons of water

Utilities scramble after Crystal Springs pipeline bursts









By Bay City News


July 28, 2015 



A major water pipeline that broke in San Bruno on Monday night, causing the loss of “millions of gallons” of water, remains open this morning while regional water utilities scramble to make backup water supply plans, according to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. 


The break in the 54-inch regional transmission line at Junipero Serra County Park in San Bruno was reported at 9:30 p.m. on Monday at the entry to the park on Crystal Springs Road, SFPUC spokesman Tyrone Jue said. 


The pipeline, known as San Andreas Pipeline No. 2, is part of the Hetch Hetchy Water System and serves three Peninsula water agencies, according to the SFPUC. 


Those agencies are working today to establish backup water supply plans. In the meantime, water is still flowing in the pipeline to allow those utilities to maintain sufficient water pressure for firefighting and water distribution, SFPUC officials said. 


Once the backup plans are in place, SFPUC work crews will isolate the pipeline and conduct repairs. 


Jue estimated the amount of water lost was “easily millions of gallons” and said there is no estimated time yet for when repairs will be completed. 


The water is flowing back through the park and into a creek that runs into the Bay, so no property damage has been reported, Jue said. 


Junipero Serra County Park is closed and will remain so until further notice, according to the SFPUC.

Dad, 8-year Old Son Killed in Fiery Truck Off-road Crash on I-95 in Stonington, Connecticut

A 31-year-old man and an 8-year-old boy were killed when a tractor-trailer went off the highway on Interstate 95 North in Stonington on Monday night and burst into flames, according to state police. (Published Tuesday, July 28, 2015)

 

Tuesday, Jul 28, 2015

 

Stonington, Connecticut

 

A 31-year-old father and his 7-year-old son were killed when a tractor-trailer went off the highway on Interstate 95 North in Stonington on Monday night and burst into flames, according to state police.

Sergio Amilear Castellon, 31, of Council Bluffs, Iowa was driving the truck near exit 91 on I-95 just after 8 p.m. when he hit the guard rail, according to a news release from state police.

His 7-year-old-son, Sergio Giovanny Castellon, was in the sleeper section of the truck and was also killed in the crash, according to a news release from state police.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

The northbound side of the highway was completely shut down at exit 91 for hours in the Mystic section of Stonington into Tuesday morning, but it reopened by 11:02 a.m.

Witnesses at the scene said they saw smoke and heard explosions and footage from the scene showed a plume of black smoke billowing up from the crash site.

Police are actively investigating and witnesses are asked to call state police at 860-848-5033.