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Multiple explosions at a Texas natural-gas plant operated by Enterprise Products Partners caused a fire that can be seen from dozens of miles away, local TV station KHOU-TV reported Tuesday. The plant is in Mont Belvieu, about 35 miles east of Houston. No injury reports have been released.

The biggest consumer product recall of 2010, it turned out, should not have been a recall at all. But a dozen recalls involved more than 1 million products apiece and left consumers scrambling to repair, replace or get rid of products found to pose safety hazards or have dangerous defects. When...

More than 2 million portable electric heaters sold at Walmart stores are being recalled after 21 incidents, including fires in which four consumers were hurt, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Flow Pro, Airtech, Aloha Breeze & Comfort Essentials 1500 watt heaters are being...

The Product: Cold Fire The Price: $19.99 (for 2) plus $11.98 shipping and handling The Claims: Stops fires: instantly cools hot surfaces Buy-O-Meter Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (4.5 if one can had not failed)

After seven missed delivery deadlines for Boeing's troublesome 787 Dreamliner, the company has run into another setback: In a test flight Tuesday, the electrical-equipment bay caught fire. Can the company turn the development nightmares into a happy ending?

Haier America Trading LLC of New York City is recalling 67,500 of its chest freezers -- including one model sold under the Black & Decker brand at Walmart stores -- because a capacitor in its circuitry can overheat and possibly catch fire, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety...

Dollar Tree is recalling nearly 700,000 Halloween-themed battery-powered lanterns over concerns they could start fires, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The plastic lanterns were molded to look like either a pumpkin, ghost or skull. The CPSC said the bulbs can overheat and Dollar...

GE is recalling about 174,000 of its high-end Profile and Monogram dishwashers after five consumers reported they caught fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The CPSC said condensation can get onto the dishwashers' electronic control board and short circuit them, which causes a...

Electrolux and Frigidaire brand smoothtop electric cooktops and ranges are being recalled because they can turn on without warning and start fires, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Electrolux Home Products, which manufactures both brands, said it had received 70 reports of...

Flashlights for kids that project images of Spiderman or other characters sold at Dollar Tree stores are being recalled because they can catch fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. It's part of a not-so-curious pattern of poorly made, imported junk marketed to kids that can have...