California Gas Tank Explosion Lawyer

Exploding Gas Tanks

Faulty design and defective manufacturing can result in vehicles that are at risk of gas tank explosions. Exploding vehicle gas tanks can cause extremely serious injuries and fatalities. Those who survive these explosions and fires may suffer permanent disfigurement and scarring as well as extreme pain and suffering. Multiple surgeries, including plastic surgery, skin grafts, and reconstructive surgery, may be required.

Were you injured in a car accident that involved a gas tank explosion? Did leaking fuel lines cause a fuel-fed fire that caused serious burns? Please contact an attorney at The Reeves Law Group today for a free consultation and case evaluation. Our attorneys are experienced in handling auto defect cases and are well prepared to represent victims of gas tank explosions. For more than 20 years, our attorneys have been standing up for the rights of injury victims throughout California. You can rely on us for quality representation that gets results.

Pickups, Pintos, and Crown Victorias

Gas tank explosions can be caused by the incorrect placement of the gas tank in the vehicle's design. For example, saddlebag gas tanks in pickup trucks are placed outside of the vehicle's frame. In a side-impact crash, the gas tanks can become punctured and engulf the pickup in flames.

Gas tanks mounted between the rear axle and the bumper of the vehicle are at risk of exploding in rear end accidents. Rear end collisions were responsible for gas tank explosions in Ford Pintos manufactured in the 1970s. In the 1990s, Ford's Crown Victoria sedan has been linked to accidents involving injuries from exploding gas tanks and fuel-fed fires. The Crown Victoria's gas tank is located between the rear axle and the bumper, unprotected by the car's frame.

Gas tank explosions can also be caused by defective materials used in the fuel lines and by the lack of a fuel line safety valve, which prevents the gasoline from pouring out after a collision.

If you have been injured in any type of auto accident involving a gas tank explosion or fuel-fed fire, please contact an attorney at The Reeves Law Group at (800) 644-8000. Your initial consultation is free of charge and you will pay no attorney fees unless we win compensation in your case. This contingency fee arrangement allows injured people of modest means to have quality legal representation without paying attorney fees out of pocket.

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