SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140620-9B959-2147443515. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Weber Spirit (Weber Spirit Gas Grill). Incident: I've owned this Weber Spirit Grill for about 5 years. Always kept it out of the weather and in good condition. A couple days ago we had just started grilling and got the grill up to temp and had just but burgers on it. We went to turn the burgers down and notice the gas flow control knobs were melted flat to the control panel. We took a look underneath and the valves under the knobs just above the propane tank were spewing in flames! the fire was right at the main propane supply hose to. Another minute or so and this could have been a lot bigger incident if we hadnt went to turn the temp down when we did because when the supply line burned through it would have taken the whole tank with it with my niece standing right next to it!! I looked it up and the same exact thing is happening to lots of these same grills. Once I saw that it was not a matter of seeking replacement parts to fix this grill that should have had another 5 years of life left at least. Me and my families safety is not worth it. I'll just buy a different brand.