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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

Weber Spirit

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20120204-02EB6-2147470601

Ownership age

About 14 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120204-02EB6-2147470601. Severity: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received. Matched catalog product: Weber Spirit. Source model text: 4430301 Spirit SP-320 Grill. Incident: I attached a new propane tank to our outdoor grill and turned on the burners, which lit as they were supposed to. However I heard a hissing noise from under the grill so turned off the burners and opened the doors of the cabinet below the grill. A fireball erupted from under the grill and lit my hair on fire, burning my right hand and face. I rolled on the grass to extinguish the fire, luckily wearing nonflammable clothes, and only suffered first degree burns and loss of some hair.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.
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Official report number: 20120204-02EB6-2147470601. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.