Product
Mealthy B07WJY5P1V-U-A
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20201226-9F91A-2147367232
Ownership age
About 3 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20201226-9F91A-2147367232. Severity: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional. Product: Mealthy B07WJY5P1V-U-A (Mealthy Electric Kettle purchased 9/20 https://mealthy.com/products/mealthy-glass-kettle Model B07WJY5P1V-U-A UPC 850011618004). Incident: What happened that made you want to report? Our Mealthy electric kettle ignited while off the heating base, requiring a fire extinguisher for the flames to be put out: the kettle had been filled with cold water and place on a COLD metal gas stove burner, on a totally cold stove, and left unattended for approx 10 minutes when the smoke alarm went off and the kettle was found engulfed, with the flames reaching to the hood of the stove. We feel the sensor from the kettle somehow made contact with the metal from the burner allowing the kettle to turn on. Since it wasn't on its auto-shutoff base, the kettle kept heating till it ignited. What type of product(s) were being used? Mealthy Electric Kettle Who was using the product(s)? my 21 year old son How were the product(s) being used? Kettle had been filled with cold water, set aside on a COLD metal gas stove burner, and was not turned on - used as intended Were there any injuries that happened or may have happened while using the product? mild smoke inhalation How did any injuries occur? while putting out the fire
Official report number: 20201226-9F91A-2147367232. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.