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Product

DeLonghi EW7707CM Safeheat 1500W ComforTemp Portable Oil-Filled

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20121231-11742-2147460458

Ownership age

About 32 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20121231-11742-2147460458. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: DeLonghi EW7707CM Safeheat 1500W ComforTemp Portable Oil-Filled. Source model text: HHP1500S&B. Incident: DeLonghi ("micathermic") SafeHeat electric room heater, model HHP1500, used in kitchen. Had not been used since last winter. Soon after turning on, sparks started to shoot out from random locations on the heater's flat panel; several landed on floor, which was fortunately ceramic tile. Same occurrence on next 3 uses of the heater, then stopped using due to concerns regarding fire hazard.

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Official report number: 20121231-11742-2147460458. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.