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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

Champion 41532

Category

Lawn Equipment

Report number

20121105-74EFF-1282040

Ownership age

About 4 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20121105-74EFF-1282040. Matched catalog product: Champion 41532. Incident: The consumer says it caught on fire the first time she used it. The generator was on approximately 4 hours before it caught on fire. She says that the unit was in a shed, and it burned the entire shed down along with all the tools and everything else that was inside the shed.

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.

Official report number: 20121105-74EFF-1282040. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.