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CPSC #12098Home & furniture
Gingerbread house tea light candle warmer

Nantucket Distributing Co · Recalled

Holiday Tea Light Candle Warmers Recalled by Christmas Tree Shops Due to Fire and Burn Hazards

Fire & burns

The candle warmers can catch fire because the warming bowl is positioned too close to the tea light candle, posing fire and burn hazards.

Units
About 5,700
Reports
1
Injuries
1
Deaths
—
Price
$8
Remedy
Refund

Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.

Affected

This recall involves holiday-themed tea light candle warmers in the shapes of snowmen and gingerbread houses. A warming bowl with wax fragrance tablets is suspended above the tea light candle. The Snowmen model has SKU/UPC 000016005396 and the Gingerbread house model has SKU/UPC 000016005372 printed on a label on the bottom of the product. The tea light candle warmers are about eight inches tall.

The file

Sold at
Christmas Tree Shops in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest from November 2011 through December 2011 for about $8.
Product type
Candles or Candlesticks
Made in
China
Recalled by
Nantucket Distributing Co. Inc., of Middleboro, Mass.

Incident log

The firm has received one report of the Snowmen candle warmer catching on fire causing a minor burn injury to a consumer's hand.

What the notice says to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled tea light candle warmers and return them to any Christmas Tree Shops store to receive a full refund.

For additional information, contact Christmas Tree Shops toll-free at (888) 287-3232 any time, or visit the firm's websitewww.christmastreeshops.com

Open official CPSC notice ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.

Notice first dated FEB 01 2012; last revised APR 18 2016.

Snowmen tea light candle warmer

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