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Product

Frigidaire FPEC3685KSA

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20161114-4513D-2147410786

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161114-4513D-2147410786. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FPEC3685KSA. Source model text: Frigidaire 36 inch electric cooktop FPEC3685KSA. Incident: Regarding a Frigidaire FPEC3685KSA Cooktop installed in our kitchen. On Saturday, Nov 12, the cooktop was being used to boil water. It started making grinding noises, and smoke began pouring out of it from below. We shut off the burner control, and it continued to smoke, until the breaker was opened. The house was filled with electrical fire smoke. We will be replacing the unit and would like to provide this information for your trending purposes.

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Official report number: 20161114-4513D-2147410786. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.