Almost 1 million Frigidaire-branded minifridges at the moment are being recalled over potential hearth hazard threat, as a part of an expanded recall issued by a Canadian firm final 12 months.
Curtis Worldwide, which manufactures and distributes digital and home equipment, is recalling 330,000 minifridges, including to the 634,000 minifridges it recalled in July 2024, in line with a discover printed by the U.S. Client Product Security Fee (CPSC) on Thursday.
The federal government company acknowledged that inner electrical elements within the equipment can short-circuit, inflicting the encircling plastic to ignite and posing hearth and burn hazards.
The recall includes Curtis Worldwide 6-can minifridge mannequin EFMIS121, offered solely at Goal shops and on Goal.com from January 2020 by October 2023. The affected minifridges are purple and have the phrase “Frigidaire” printed on the entrance. Curtis Worldwide has obtained “not less than” six stories of this particular mannequin catching hearth, in line with the recall discover.
The minifridge mannequin Curtis Worldwide is recalling is purple and says “Frigidaire” throughout the entrance.
U.S. Client Product Security Fee
The preliminary recall discover, which concerned completely different Frigidaire minifridge fashions, documented 26 stories of minifridges smoking, sparking, burning, melting, overheating and catching hearth. CPSC mentioned property damages for these incidents totaled greater than $700,000.
The items within the earlier recall have been offered at Walmart and Amazon.com.
CPSC advises shoppers who bought the mannequin EFMIS121 minifridge to cease utilizing it instantly. They need to additionally unplug it, minimize the facility wire and write “Recall” on the entrance of the fridge in everlasting marker. When disposing of the minifridge, shoppers ought to abide by native and state rules, the recall discover says.
Affected prospects can go to www.recallrtr.com/minifridge for a refund. The recall quantity for the product is 26-199.
Aimee Picchi