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12 May 2021
The federal government warned Americans on Wednesday not to fill plastic bags with gasoline during the ongoing fuel shortage on the East Coast.
“Do not fill plastic bags with gasoline,” the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission wrote on social media on Wednesday morning.
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
The safety board posted their warning after an unverified video of a woman walking away from a gas pump with a plastic bag recirculated on social media.
That video was first posted in December 2019 and not a consequence of the gas shortage on the East Coast after the ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline.