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Product

Mr. Coffee 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker BVMC-PC14BL2

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20171113-FE8EC-2147395470

Ownership age

About 23 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20171113-FE8EC-2147395470. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Mr. Coffee 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker BVMC-PC14BL2. Source model text: DW13. Incident: Mr. Coffeemaker sitting kitchen counter. Maybe used 30 minutes to one hour prior to turning off switch on maker, still plugged into electrical outlet socket. Kept walking in kitchen area periodically and last time walked in to find coffeemaker on fire with flames coming out of on/off button switch. Went to electric plug and pull it out and touched the outlet which was cool to the touch. Picked it up and placed in sink and ran water over it to extinguish the flames. Heavy smell of burning plastic in the air and the kitchen tiles under the coffeemaker was blackened.

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Official report number: 20171113-FE8EC-2147395470. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.