SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260713-8298E-2147313983. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Whirlpool WEE750H0HZ1 (Whirlpool Model WEE750H0HZ1, 30-inch smart slide-in electric range with 6.4 cu. ft. oven, true convection and 5 radiant elements including a triple-tier element, Color is Stainless Steel, Dimensions are 36H x 29.875W x 28.625D). Incident: On July 2, 2026, I contacted Whirlpool's Product Safety Department to report a product safety incident involving my Whirlpool electric slide-in range (Model WEE750H0HZ1, Serial RX1023934). I reported that on June 19, 2026, at approximately 9:30 a.m., while no one was using the appliance, my husband and I heard what sounded like a small "pop" coming from the kitchen. Initially, I believed one of our cats had knocked something over. When I entered the kitchen, I did not immediately observe the source of the noise, but I smelled something burning. After looking around the kitchen, I discovered that a butane torch resting on the cooktop had melted and was actively burning with flames on or adjacent to the rear-right surface burner. I extinguished the fire using a fire blanket. During the process, I experienced minor irritation to my hand from fiberglass fibers in the blanket but did not sustain any burn injuries. I advised Whirlpool that the burner control knob for the rear-right element was in the OFF position and that neither my husband nor I had turned on the burner. The cooktop had not been used for approximately one week before the incident. I also advised Whirlpool that my husband captured thermal imaging video immediately after the incident, showing the rear-right cooking zone remaining hot while the control knobs were in the OFF position. The hot surface indicator was illuminated in the video after the fire had been extinguished, although I could not state with certainty whether it was illuminated during the fire itself. As a precaution, I informed Whirlpool that I had