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Product

Ryobi Ryobi 40v battery and charger, purchased 5-10-2020.

Category

Lawn Equipment

Report number

20201218-283E8-2147367386

Ownership age

About 50 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20201218-283E8-2147367386. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Ryobi Ryobi 40v battery and charger, purchased 5-10-2020.. Incident: On 11/27/2020 my Ryobi P118 battery charger caught fire while it was in my garage. There was no battery on the charger at the time. There was significant damage to my garage and its contents. My family and I were all home at the time but no one was injured. I want to help bring awareness to this situation in the hope that it prevents damage and injury to others.

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Official report number: 20201218-283E8-2147367386. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.