Product
Hoover UH70120
Category
Home & Garden
Report number
20170110-DFD7C-2147408259
Ownership age
About 48 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170110-DFD7C-2147408259. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Hoover UH70120. Incident: Hoover Wind Tunnel Vacuum Cleaner - 4 years old - Model UH70120. Caught fire on 1/07/17 while I was vacuuming. Flames shot out from the housing assembly for the self-rewind power cord. Had to use a bucket of water to put out the flames.
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