If you received a free fire extinguisher from the Springfield Fire Department, you may want to check it. The fire extinguisher may be part of a recall happening across the country.
Kidde has recalled 40 million fire extinguishers because of a clogging issue with the unit. The Springfield Fire Department says if you received an extinguisher from August 2016 to August 2017, you might have a defective model. You need to look on the bottom right hand corner to see if you have a recalled model number.
The model numbers are…
AUTO FX5 II-1
FC5
M10G
FA10G
FS10
M10GM
FA10T
FS110
M110G
FA110G
FS5
M110GM
FA5-1
FX10K
M5G
FA5G
FX5 II
M5GM
FC10
H110G
RESSP
FC110
H5G
There have been about 391 reports of these extinguishers malfunctioning, including one instance where a person did die and 16 instances where someone was hurt.
Kidde is recalling fire extinguishers from 1973-2017, so any fire extinguishers you have, should be checked.