SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180709-28047-2147386912. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Power AirFryer XL PAF_Black-3QT (Power AirFryer 3.4 Black with silver top, handle and buttons. The product was purchased at Walmart and is product number 550564637. The manufacturer part and Modle number is PAF-BLACK 3QT). Incident: My daughter was using a Power AirFryer 3.4. She had put french fries in it and used the pre-programmed french fry setting. Less than 5 minutes after the fries were put into the machine a fire started from the machine. Within minutes the fire had spread and destroyed the whole kitchen. The product was completely and totally melted in the fire. The device is supposed to have a shut off mechanism if it gets too hot. There was no warning or smoke that was visible before the fire started. The smoke detectors didn't go off until the fire had spread throughout the kitchen. The product was less than a year old and was not dirty or overfilled. The fire adjuster said that he thinks that something on the counter caught on fire due to the heat from the machine. The machine was on for less than 5 minutes and cooks with hot air. I do not believe that this is how the fire was started. There were flames at the back of the machine and a puff of smoke came out of the top of it after the fire had already started.