Product
GE JNM1541SM5SS
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20181023-CEED0-1805285
Ownership age
Not stated
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20181023-CEED0-1805285. Matched catalog product: GE JNM1541SM5SS. Incident: The submitter is reporting the unit for posing a fire hazard. She put a mini bag of popcorn in the unit and set it to the popcorn setting. About two minutes later, as the bag was almost done popping, she looked inside the unit and she saw flames. She said the flames were coming from the fan cover, near the top inside of the unit. She then opened the door and removed the popcorn bag. Her husband put out the fire and unplugged the unit. She indicated that there is a burn hole in the fan cover.
Official report number: 20181023-CEED0-1805285. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.