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[Consumer Alert] This children’s toy is catching fire

November 22, 2016 By: Stephen Dietrich

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Toys ‘R’ Us has pulled a ride-on toy truck from shelves days after a couple says it burst into flames while they were bringing it home from the store.

The couple tells KING-TV the Tonka 12V Ride-On Dump Truck was a present for their grandson. They were taking it to their Bellingham, Washington, home in the back of their pickup truck Friday night when they say it caught fire. Video shows flames shooting high into the air.

Toys ‘R’ Us spokeswoman Nicole Hayes says in a statement that the incident appears to be isolated, but the New Jersey-based company is pulling the item from stores and its website “pending further investigation.”

Hayes says Toys ‘R’ Us is working with the truck’s manufacturer, Dynacraft, to determine a cause.

The Associated Press contributed to this article. 

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Stephen Dietrich

Stephen is a U.S. Army veteran with over a decade of combined experience in political commentary, economics, and news.

Comments

  1. David Pease says

    November 22, 2016 at 11:18 am

    I bet that the Muslims love this toy.

  2. Arthur Hartsock says

    November 22, 2016 at 2:58 pm

    Just give the kid fireworks for Christmas. I remember a Winter Solstice party and we lit fireworks on a frozen lake on Christmas Day.

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