Product
HEYSONG Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker REVERB
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20221021-55B3E-2147353226
Ownership age
About 0 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20221021-55B3E-2147353226. Severity: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional. Product: HEYSONG Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker REVERB (Product was purchased through Amazon... Manufacture: YBD Country of Origin: China Date first available: August 23, 2021 HEYSONG wireless LED bluetooth speaker 5000mAh rechargable lithium battery "powerful IPX7 Waterproof Speaker" From their Amazon Product Description: Heyson REVERB wireless portable speaker stereo sound bluetooth 5.0 The speaker arrived in an orange and white box and the speaker itself is black in color and approx 5 inches in length and 3 inches diameter.). Incident: My Husband and I purchased a waterproof bluetooth portable speaker, it arrived unmarked and in prime condition-- or so we thought. I opened the package the speaker was in and realized it was dead, so I used the charger it came with to begin charging it. Within two hours of charging the speaker exploded. There were two blasts- one from the device itself and one from the lithium ion battery within it. My husband got it unplugged before the 2nd lithium ion battery exploded. We rushed to get our children outside, then the pets outside, then we began ventilating the house. Thankfully my husband was able to use cardboard to extinguish the flames from burning too much in our house, but he is suffering for that now. My family and I are now suffering chemical fire inhalation, we have bloody mucus, eye/skin irritation, gastrointestinal symptoms, respiratory problems, central nervous system dysfunction, and I worry about the long term health effects this will have on our children-- who were in the vicinity when the device exploded. The air inside our house is still reading "poor" and the voc count has been the highest I have ever seen it for almost 7 days now. After calling poison control not many could help in knowing what to do when exposed to something like this, so now we are attempting to keep up with medical care wh
Official report number: 20221021-55B3E-2147353226. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.