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Product

Char-Broil 12601558

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20130822-953EF-1349766

Ownership age

About 3 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130822-953EF-1349766. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Product: Char-Broil 12601558 (Char-Broil "Gas Patio Bistro" Grill). Incident: I was using my Char-Broil �Gas Patio Bistro� Grill. I turned it on to the 'click-click-click" ignition sound and I heard the gas ignite. I shut the lid and walked away to let the grill heat up. When I returned a few minutes later to check the grill and put on my chicken if it was hot. I smelled gas. I went to turn the grill off immediately and quickly. In turning off the grill, you have to scroll the knob past the ignition portion of the switch. As the knob went past this section, the grill exploded and blew the top off of the grill. As this happened. I felt a significant impact of the blast against my chest. The hair on both of my arms and some of my facial hair and hair on my head was singed. While some of my skin was red and mildly burned like a sun burn, I did not sustain any severe burns. I could feel the impact on my chest from the blast for about 2 hours.

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