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Product

Maytag Maytag Gemini MGR6875ADS

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20140324-354DA-2147446078

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140324-354DA-2147446078. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Maytag Maytag Gemini MGR6875ADS. Source model text: MER6755AAB. Incident: Maytag Gemini electric smoothtop 30 inch double door range, model number MER6755AAB, serial number 19086483LN. While cooking at 450 degrees bottom heating element in lower section of oven overheated at one section of the element and large sparks shot out. Power was turned off to stove & door shut to contain smoke. This stove is a serious fire hazard. If this had happened when I was not next to the oven and had not noticed, a fire could have started.

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Official report number: 20140324-354DA-2147446078. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.