(Repost from CDC Newsletter, 3/7/23)

Child Safety

• Buy a gas can or portable fuel container that is child resistant.
• Keep gas cans and other portable fuel containers out of the reach of children.
• Never permit children to play with matches or fuel.

Safe Storage

• Store gas cans and portable fuel containers in well-ventilated, cool areas only.
• Never leave fuel containers open, always put the cap back on after use.
• Store portable fuel containers in well-ventilated, cool areas only.
• Never store gas cans inside a house, basement, or near sources of ignition, such as fuel-burning appliances, open flames, pilot lights, stoves, heaters or electric mowers.

Backyard Fire Pits

• Never use gasoline to start a fire or to re-start a fire – even if you think the fire was not ignited.
• Only use appropriate fire starters and only before lighting the fire.
• Never add liquid fuel after trying to start a fire.
• Keep a hose or fire extinguisher nearby.
• Never burn when the risk of wildfires is high.
• Do not wipe flammable liquids from your hands onto clothing. Spot clean and line dry clothes if flammable liquids are spilled.

At the gas station

• Never smoke near gasoline or at a gas station.
• Always place a gas can on the ground to fill up at the gas station.
• Do not use plastic bags or other inappropriate containers with gasoline or other flammable liquids.