A bylaw passed in 2024 banned Vancouver retailers from selling a lockable version of the device, but in the year since it ...

The city banned the sale of lockable butane torches last summer, after Vancouver Fire Rescue Services linked them to at least ...

(WHTM) — More than 30,000 butane torches that were sold on Amazon have been recalled. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), about 33,650 Sondiko Butane Torches have been ...

Sondiko Butane Torches, model number S400, were recalled because they do not have the required parts to make them child-resistant and pose a burn hazard for children, the CPSC said.

Vancouver Fire cracking down on continuous flame butane torches after rash of fires. Despite a sales ban passed a year ago, there have been dozens of fires blamed on the lockable torches.

Since January 2024, the torches have also caused about $7 million in property damages, injured 23 people and caused the death of one person, the fire department says. Continuous flame or lockable ...

Banned butane torches still being sold in Vancouver — and they're causing fires, crews say. CBC News | . Posted: July 4, 2025 7:09 PM | Last Updated: July 4 Out of 168 Vancouver-area vendors ...