As Winter Approaches, Check Your Home for These Recalled Heaters

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Dec 17, 2013, 10:00 ET

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last summer the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled about 500,000 heaters. With winter coming, check to see is you have these recalled heaters in your home. To check other products for safety issues, go to saferproducts.gov.

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Product	Recall Press Release	Hazard
Optimus Portable Electric Heaters 355,000 units	13-191	The heater can fail to prevent ignition of nearby combustible materials that come in contact with the unit, posing a fire hazard to the consumer.
Home Depot Soleil Portable Fan Heaters 107,000 units	13-249	The portable fans plastic housing can melt, deform and catch fire during use, posing a fire hazard.
Family Dollar Stores Recalls Optimus Tower Quartz Heaters 19,640 units	13-186	The heaters can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Masterbuilt Manufacturing Electric Smokers 11,000 units	13-241	The wood chip tray can fail to slide securely into the smoker, causing the wood to combust and the smoker's cabinet door to blow open, posing a fire hazard.
Meijer Touch Point Baseboard Convection Heaters 4,560 units	13-189	The heaters can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Manchester Tank & Equipment Company Propane Cylinders 7,500 units	13-164	Fuel can leak from the thread connection between the cylinder and valve, posing a fire hazard if exposed to an ignition source.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals – contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @OnSafety or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.

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