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Product

Westinghouse 4500DF

Category

Lawn Equipment

Report number

20220507-9D513-2147356323

Ownership age

About 15 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220507-9D513-2147356323. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Westinghouse 4500DF (Westinghouse 4500DF Dual Fuel portable generator, blue.). Incident: I plugged the supplied charging cord into my Westinghouse 4500DF generator to charge the battery. A few hours later I discovered smoke coming from the eaves of my shed, where the generator was stored and charging. Upon opening the shed I found extreme heat, heavy smoke, and a totally destroyed generator along with fire extension from the generator fire and heat and smoke damage throughout the shed.

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Official report number: 20220507-9D513-2147356323. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.