SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260831-1F937-2147310780. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Anker A1695 (Anker Laptop Power Bank (25,000mAh, 165W), model A1695). Incident: On August 21, 2026, an Anker Laptop Power Bank (25,000mAh, 165W), model A1695, serial number 20PCN66F09100111, began smoking and ignited while it was being recharged. The power bank was sitting on a flat, hard table and was being recharged using an Anker A2345 charger. It was not connected to any other device and was not under load. I was the owner and sole user of the product. It was being used as intended, indoors, at normal room temperature. The unit had not been dropped, damaged, exposed to water, or modified. I noticed smoke coming from the unit and the unit then ignited. I extinguished it with a Fire Gone Fire Extinguisher Spray Suppressant. There were no injuries and no damage to anything other than the power bank itself. I want to note the circumstances of detection. I only saw the smoke because I happened to be standing at an angle where the unit was in my line of sight. There was no audible alarm and no odor reached me before I saw the smoke. Had I been in another room or asleep, the failure would have continued undetected on a table indoors. No one was injured, but the potential for a structure fire and for injury was present. I checked the serial number against Anker's published recall lookup tool and it returned no match. Model A1695 does not appear in any Anker recall to date. I still have the failed unit. It is stored safely and has been photographed. I am willing to make it available for inspection.