One year since the City of Vancouver banned the sale of lockable butane torches, the devices are still being sold and causing fires in the city. According to the Vancouver Fire Rescue Services (VFRS), ...

Banned butane torches still being sold in Vancouver — and they're causing fires, crews say Out of 168 Vancouver-area vendors inspected, 83 continued to sell continuous flame butane torches ...

One year since the City of Vancouver banned the sale of lockable butane torches, the devices are still being sold and causing fires in the city.

A year after the city passed a bylaw banning the sale of continuous flame butane torches, firefighters say there’s been no decrease in the number of fires caused by the dangerous lighters, which are ...

The city banned the sale of lockable butane torches last summer, after Vancouver Fire Rescue Services linked them to at least 80 fire-related injuries and six deaths.

Luckily, there was no explosion. The head of the torch just detached from the butane canister, which still felt precarious as the server reattached it and used it to light our steak on fire.

After investigating, a butane torch was located at the scene, and the KBI said that is believed to be the object that Cella was pointing at officers. No officers were injured.

KBI investigators found a butane torch at the scene. That is believed to be the object officers saw Cella pointing at them. An investigation into the incident remains ongoing, according to the KBI.

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The recall was issued by the products' manufacturer, Wenzhou Wansheng Smoking Accessories Co. Ltd., regarding its Sondiko Butane Torches (model number S400, sold individually and in two-packs).