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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

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.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.

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.