Canada
Mini T Designer Fireplace and T‑Lite 3 Designer Fireplace (both with the AB3 ethanol burner), sold by Ecosmart Inc. and previously available on Ecosmartfire.ca (manufactured in the United States), are affected. Health Canada warns the design allows users to pour ethanol into the burner and ignite pooled fuel, creating a risk of flame jetting and the products also lack required hazard labelling. Consumers should immediately stop using these fireplaces and safely dispose of them so they cannot be used again.
What's being recalled
Place of origin: Manufactured in United States
Companies: Distributor: Ecosmart Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, United States.
How to identify it
This alert involves the following portable ethanol fireplaces:
Mini T Designer Fireplace with the AB3 ethanol burner
T-Lite 3 Designer Fireplace with the AB3 ethanol burner
The hazard
The portable fireplaces allow consumers to pour ethanol into the burner and then ignite the pooled ethanol fuel in the same location it was poured. Health Canada has determined that this hazardous device configuration presents a risk of flame jetting and poses a health and safety risk to consumers.
Flame jetting occurs when fuel vapours around a poured fuel stream ignite when a user refuels a portable fire product that is still burning, possibly when a flame is not readily visible. It can also occur when the flame is extinguished but the device is still hot. This can result in a burst of flaming fuel being rapidly expelled out of the container and travelling a distance dangerous to the user and bystanders. Flame jetting occurs very quickly, so the user and/or bystanders are unable to react quickly enough to move away from an incoming flame jet. Please visit this page for more information on flame jetting and portable products that use pourable alcohol-based fuels.
Additionally, the products do not meet the labelling requirements for consumer chemical products sold with the intention of being filled with a hazardous chemical product, as required by the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001, under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.
The lack of appropriate labelling and hazard information could contribute to a flame jetting incident and/or unintentional exposure to the product and lead to serious illness, injury or death.
What to do
Consumers who have these affected products should immediately stop using them and safely dispose of the items in such a way that they cannot be used again.
Regularly check the Healthy Canadians Recalls and Safety Alerts database for dangerous products and take action to remove items of concern.
Health Canada would like to remind consumers to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of these products or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.
Related links
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The official notice
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