Frigidaire Mini-Fridges Trigger $700,000 in Injury After Smoking, Sparking, Burning, Melting, Overheating, and Catching Hearth

Over 600,000 Frigidaire mini-fridges are being recalled over inside electrical elements which have short-circuited and ignited, in keeping with an announcement by the U.S. Client Product Security Fee. The defective fridges have price over $700,000 in property injury to this point, in keeping with a brand new recall discover.

“Customers ought to instantly cease utilizing the recalled minifridges and observe the directions to obtain a refund at www.recallrtr.com/minifridge,” CPSC stated in a press release. “Customers ought to unplug and lower the facility wire and write ‘Recall’ utilizing a everlasting marker on the entrance door of the unit. Customers ought to get rid of the recalled minifridges in accordance with native and state laws.”

The fridges had been bought at Walmart and different bodily retail shops nationwide. They had been bought on-line at Walmart.com and Amazon.com from January 2020 till December 2023, in keeping with the CPSC. Offered in quite a lot of colours, the minifridges retailed for $36-$40 and got here in two sizes that would maintain 6 cans and 9 cans.

The effected items are distributed by a Canadian firm referred to as Curtis Worldwide and the record of injury that’s been reported is intensive, with CPSC rattling it off in an oddly lengthy method: “Curtis Worldwide has obtained at the least 26 reviews of the minifridges smoking, sparking, burning, melting, overheating and catching hearth, with property damages totaling greater than $700,000. Two customers reported smoke inhalation accidents.”

Customers are inspired to search for the mannequin quantity and serial quantity on their fridge, which is positioned on labels on the again. The fashions and accompanying serial numbers which are being recalled embody:

EFMIS129—Between A2001 to A2308 – if mannequin quantity is “EFMIS129-B” or EFMIS129-C”, it isn’t included on this recall.
EFMIS137—Between A2001 to A2312
EFMIS149—Between A2001 to A2308
EFMIS175—Between A2001 to A2310

The recalled home equipment had been made in China and are marketed as “retro” as a result of they appear like one thing from the Sixties. They’re nonetheless out there for buy on the Frigidaire web site in a model that presumably doesn’t smoke, spark, burn, soften, overheat, or catch hearth.

Defective electronics actually appear to be inflicting fairly a little bit of havoc just lately, with one other recall from this previous week of Transpro Electrical Scooters reportedly inflicting $200,000 in property injury after a battery-related fire.

Curtis Worldwide will be reached toll-free over the telephone at 888-727-0198 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET Monday to Friday. The corporate’s electronic mail is [email protected], although customers are inspired by the CPSC to go to www.recallrtr.com/minifridge for extra details about the recall.

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