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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

Toro Toro Rake and Vac model 51585

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20140421-C6BE5-2147445231

Ownership age

About 169 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140421-C6BE5-2147445231. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Toro Toro Rake and Vac model 51585. Source model text: Model # 51575. Incident: My son was using our Toro model 850 electric leaf blower for Spring Clean Up. After about 30 minutes of operation, the blower caught fire. My son put the blower down, unplugged it and it was in flames for about 5 minutes. He eventually put out the fire.

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Official report number: 20140421-C6BE5-2147445231. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.