SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220531-5B4C1-2147355914. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Ninja CE251 (Ninja CE251 Programmable Brewer, with 12-cup Glass Carafe, Black and Stainless Steel Finish). Incident: Ninja Model CE251 drip coffee maker overheated approx. 45 minutes after brewing; boiled 8+ cups of coffee in glass carafe at time, melted plastic enclosure, significant smoke and smell, unit beeping softly (apparently a thermal alarm of some sort). Unplugged and moved unit outside in time to prevent fire/flames. Owner: [REDACTED], male, age 49 Affected product: Ninja (American Ninja) Model #CE251 69, Serial # R06Q692AA0Z7, 12-cup drip coffeemaker Other information: Received as a gift from my wife at Christmas. Used daily for 5 months before incident. Unit is clean, in perfect condition, used in same location for entire life. Unit is plugged into a GFCI-protected outlet that did not trip during the incident. Sequence of Events: - Set for delayed brew at 5AM, water filled to 8-cup line - Coffee brew cycle completed normally at ~5:15am, "STAY WARM" light lit - Poured 1 large mug (2 cups) at 5:15, replaced carafe - at 5:50AM heard beeping, went over to check unit. - unit making cracking sound), approx. 6 cups of remaining coffee inside carafe was boiling. Removed carafe, saw smoke coming from plastic near rear of burner. Unplugged unit and immediately took it outside, fearing imminent fire. House smelled of strong acrid smoke. No injuries, however the coffeemaker appeared very close to bursting into flames. Had I not been in the same room at the time, I fear things could have been much worse. Note there are at least 7 similar reports of smoke from other owners of the same coffeemaker on [REDACTED] I am amending the subject report, as requested, with the information needed for i