Fire / ignition
Electric Ranges or Ovens (Excl Counter-top Ovens) (278)
19 months
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20210820-2089E-2147360993. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: GE Cafe Electric Oven CTD90FP2M1S1 (GE CAFE Direct Air Convection Built In Electric Wall Oven). Incident: Cafe Oven broiler filament tube exploded (loud bang/flash of light with flames) and tore filament pieces/red powder and pieces of metal retaining shield into closed oven doors within 2 minutes of turning broiler on HIGH. Nothing in oven. Fire of approx 2 minutes duration ensued. 5cm piece of broiler element and 2 cm piece of metal shield destroyed (metal shards on oven floor) in the flash/loud pop "explosion." I was seconds away from opening door to place food inside when incident occurred; ie I was at the door, eye level, on this French Door oven, when flash/bang occurred. No injury. Circuit breaker was immediately tripped. I turned oven dials off. No need for fire extinguisher. Oven is 20 months old and broiler used less than 10 times since purchase.
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Fire / ignition
Electric Ranges or Ovens (Excl Counter-top Ovens) (278)
19 months
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