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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

20120301-22C8A-2147469714

Ownership age

About 60 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120301-22C8A-2147469714. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Source model text: LG LFX21960ST. Incident: Smelled burning plastic inside refrigerator. Noticed that light bulbs were burning plastic light fixture. Tested door switches, but lights would not turn off. While attempting to remove both extremely hot bulbs, one of the bulbs exploded . After removing bulbs, removed metal plate holding light sockets and plastic was melted. Cannot believe there has not been a recall for faulty switches. Definite fire hazard.

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Official report number: 20120301-22C8A-2147469714. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.