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Product

Cub Cadet 2009 RTZ zero turn mower. yellow and black

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20190923-AD6A1-2147377524

Ownership age

About 73 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190923-AD6A1-2147377524. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Cub Cadet 2009 RTZ zero turn mower. yellow and black. Source model text: Z-Force 48 inch zero turn. Incident: My Cub cadet burst into flames about two minutes after i got off of it. the flames were about 7-8 feet high with thick black smoke. My neighbor called the fire department immediately and i was able to spray it down with a garden hose but the flames would not be extinguished. Eventually with the fire departments help the fire was put out. there is nothing left but burnt metal. the tires and seat and gas tank are all gone, melted away.

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