SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240404-45719-2147339974. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Fitinhot Chf-2306 (Fitinhot Chicken Coop Heater model number CHF-2306). Incident: I have concerns with Fitinhot Chicken Coop Heater, model number Chf-2306. Purchased on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDL4SP78?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share Fire concerns. I bought this coop heater a few months ago to be used on really cold nights in my chicken coop. I never had the chance to use it in my coop, THANK GOD!! We have baby chicks and the room they were in was a bit chilly last night so I plugged it in. About 15 minutes later my son came running saying there was a fire by the babies. My husband and I ran in there and found this brand new heater (just took it out of the box about a week ago)on fire. If I had used it in my coop my entire flock would have been killed before anyone even noticed a fire. Thankfully we caught the fire before it burned my house down or killed my baby chicks. It did however damage my hardwood floor. Thankfully, the fire tripped a breaker...sending my son looking to see what else in my house was effected and ultimately discovering the fire before the smoke detector went off. I find it highly disturbing that when I went to contact Amazon, I noticed the reviews and ratings have gone down since my purchase. The listing I purchased from is now showing unavailable/out of stock with a 3 star rating. However, with a quick search, I was able to locate the same heater, being sold by the same seller available for purchase and has a 4.5 star review. After speaking to Amazon today, I went back to that listing and now its not only available with a 4.5 star rating, but also being offered to me at 20% off. Amazon resolution to this problem was to o