Product
Prepared Hero Emergency Fire Blanket
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20240320-0ABA6-2147340254
Ownership age
About 5 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240320-0ABA6-2147340254. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Matched catalog product: Prepared Hero Emergency Fire Blanket. Incident: I (40year old female) attempted to use a Prepared Hero brand fire blanket to put out a small kitchen fire, and ended up with fiberglass splinters in both my hands. I used as directed, simply pulled it out of the bag and attempted to cover the fire with it.
Official report number: 20240320-0ABA6-2147340254. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.