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NITE accident A201200815

Product accident information from Japan's National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) SAFE-Lite database. Narratives are translated to English for display; verify the original Japanese record on SAFE-Lite.

Product

Hitachi R-621FB

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Accident narrative

NITE SAFE-Lite accident report A201200815 (2013/01/13). Product: Chofu KIBF-422DS (water heater). Reported issue: Fire / ignition — smoke, fire, overheating, electrical fault, or related hazard as recorded in the official Japanese accident database. Harm classification: 11. Cause class code: --. Source: Japan NITE SAFE-Lite accident information database. Narrative summarized in English from the official record; verify the year/case number on SAFE-Lite.

This is an official accident-information record from NITE SAFE-Lite (事故情報), not a recall notice. Cause determinations may be under investigation or marked as not product-attributable in the original record.
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Official year/case number: A201200815. Search this ID on SAFE-Lite to open the original Japanese accident record.