Flame jetting Testimonial Video

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Received from our friend and colleague Alison at Health Canada.

The Consumer and Hazardous Product Safety Directorate within Health Canada has worked with Dr. Jim McGorman to produce a testimonial video about the death of his wife Judith as the result of a flame jetting incident with a firepot.

Video link live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GovCanHealth/status/1280532055546306565?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

In the interest of getting the message out on the risks as broadly as possible we encourage our member departments to re-tweeting or sharing this post.