Almost 90,000 Colsen-branded tabletop hearth pits bought by main retailers nationwide are being recalled after dozens of alarming incidents left 19 folks with burn accidents, some requiring surgical procedure and others completely disfigured.
The merchandise are a burn and hearth hazard in that alcohol flames might be invisible and result in flame jetting when the pit reservoirs are stuffed, inflicting hearth to flash again to the alcohol containers, unleashing burning alcohol onto folks close by, in line with a discover posted on Thursday by the Shopper Product Security Fee.
“Use of the recalled hearth pits can result in damage rapidly and unexpectedly, inflicting burns in lower than one second that may be severe and lethal,” CPSC said.
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The federal company stated it has obtained 31 studies of flame jetting and flames escaping from the product’s concrete container, burning 19 folks. Two of these circumstances concerned third-degree burns to greater than 40% of the victims’ our bodies, and at the very least six incidents concerned surgical procedure, extended medical therapy, admission to burn therapy amenities, short-term incapacity, lack of perform, bodily remedy or everlasting disfigurement, it said.
The recall entails about 89,500 Colsen-branded indoor/outside tabletop hearth pits manufactured by Colsen Fireplace Pitts of Miami, Florida, in addition to Colsen-branded hearth pits beforehand made by one other firm.
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Bought on-line by Colsen Fireplace Pits and Amazon.com, the recalled hearth pits have been additionally supplied by FlipShop, Grommet, Meta, Sharper Picture, TikTok, Walmart and Wayfair from January 2020 to July 2024 for between $40 and $90.
Individuals who personal the recalled hearth pits ought to cease utilizing them and throw them away, because the “agency stopped promoting Colsen-branded hearth pits lower than one yr after it acquired the product enterprise and doesn’t have the monetary assets to supply a treatment to shoppers,” the federal company said.
The fireplace pits shouldn’t be resold or donated, the company pressured.
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The recalled merchandise encompass a concrete, open reservoir to carry burning liquid alcohol, and got here in seven fashions various in measurement from 5 to 18 inches huge. Grey or black in shade, the hearth pits are spherical, rectangular, hexagonal, sq. or skull-shaped.
Customers can contact Colsen by electronic mail at: information@colsenfirepits.com or on-line at colsenfirepits.com.
