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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

LG LFX21960ST

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20111027-799E5-2147473879

Ownership age

About 51 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111027-799E5-2147473879. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Incident: My LG Refrigerator Model # LFX21960ST partially caught fire.After smelling and seeing smoke coming from my refrigerator, I was socked to see the upper lighting fixture had melted. I researched on the internet for potential occurrences to others . The search resulted in hundreds of occurrences.An investigation needs to be preformed.

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Official report number: 20111027-799E5-2147473879. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.