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Product

Char-Broil 12601558

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20130818-C6EFA-2147452957

Ownership age

About 2 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130818-C6EFA-2147452957. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Matched catalog product: Char-Broil 12601558. Incident: After turning on the gas and igniting with the ignitor I thought the grill was on. However, it seemed to have gone out. I turned the knob back to "off" and when I did the gas ignited and burned my eyebrows, eyelashes, some of my hair and left a burning sensation on my entire face for many hours.

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Official report number: 20130818-C6EFA-2147452957. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.