{"id":3417,"date":"2024-12-24T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2024-12-22T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T22:43:14","slug":"consumers-are-urged-not-to-use-fire-pits-that-use-pooled-alcohol-or-liquid-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/consumers-are-urged-not-to-use-fire-pits-that-use-pooled-alcohol-or-liquid-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumers are Urged Not To Use Fire Pits That Use Pooled Alcohol or Liquid Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fire-pit-6639144_640-e1734907259336.jpg\" alt=\"fire-pit-6639144_640-e1734907259336\" width=\"615\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fire-pit-6639144_640-e1734907259336.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fire-pit-6639144_640-e1734907259336-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fire-pit-6639144_640-e1734907259336-185x120.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/>Firepits that function by burning liquid fuels like pooled alcohol can be extremely dangerous. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has asked consumers not to buy or use these fire pits, which are sold as fire pots, tabletop fire pits, miniature fireplaces and portable fires that can be used indoors. The CPSC has also asked sellers to stop selling them. They released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/dW1y0UF_zLg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flame jetting safety video<\/a>. Since 2019, these pits have been connected to two deaths and a minimum of 60 injuries. If you were injured or a loved one was killed as a result of burns from a firepit, you should call the seasoned Chicago-based product liability attorneys of Moll Law Group. Billions have been recovered in cases with which we\u2019ve been involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consult an Experienced Chicago-Based Product Liability Attorney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CPSC previously alerted consumers that they should not use FLIKRFIRE Tabletop Fireplaces and recalled Colsen-branded tabletop fire pits. With this latest warning, they\u2019re focused on fire pits that necessitate the pouring of rubbing alcohol or another liquid fuel into an open container and the igniting of that pooled liquid. The warning specifies that this method violates the voluntary safety standard ASTM F3363-19. This standard is intended to stop pool fires where flames burn on the surface of a flammable liquid and flame jetting, which happens when flames arise in containers of liquid fuel. Rubbing alcohol, ethanol, bioethanol and similar liquids have temperatures that exceed 1600 degrees Fahrenheit. They can result in 3<sup>rd<\/sup> degree burns in under a second.<\/p>\n<p>When of a pool of alcohol is ignited in an open container of a fire pit, the fire can quickly get out of control. Large hot flames, greater than those expected, may go beyond the bounds of the fire pit. With flame jetting, a person who refills the alcohol or other liquid while the flame is present, can be at risk of serious burns, as well, from an explosion that propels the flames and burning hot liquid to those in the vicinity.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/consumers-are-urged-not-to-use-fire-pits-that-use-pooled-alcohol-or-liquid-fuel\/#more-3417\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firepits that function by burning liquid fuels like pooled alcohol can be extremely dangerous. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has asked consumers not to buy or use these fire pits, which are sold as fire pots, tabletop fire pits, miniature fireplaces and portable fires that can be used indoors. 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