Samsung is recalling 1 million stoves to prevent pets from setting your home on fire

Ramishah Maruf, CNN

New York (CNN) — Samsung is recalling knobs connected immoderate of its electrical stoves, informing that fires tin beryllium group disconnected if pets — aliases moreover humans — bump into them.

Several videos person shown pets accidentally igniting fires from jumping onto stoves and pawing astatine nan knobs. A Colorado canine group disconnected a location occurrence successful June by doing conscionable that, erstwhile nan boxes connected apical of nan stove caught connected fire. It was each caught connected nan home’s information footage.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said astir 1.1 cardinal units are affected. Samsung will supply free knob locks aliases covers for definite slide-in electrical ranges pinch front-mounted knobs that were sold betwixt 2013 and 2024.

“This announcement follows reports that front-mounted scope knobs tin beryllium activated done accidental interaction by group aliases pets, posing a occurrence hazard if flammable objects are near connected apical of nan range,” Samsung said successful a property release.

CPSC is looking into fires caused by stoves owed to pets jumping connected them aliases humans accidentally bumping into them.

At a committee gathering successful June, CPSC said it “is alert of incidents wherever houses burned, and group died from location fires started by scope knobs accidentally turned connected whether from group bumping into nan knobs aliases pets activating nan range. The issues impact some state and electrical ranges.”

The callback said that Samsung received much than 300 reports of accidental activation by pets aliases humans since 2013, resulting successful astir 250 fires. At slightest 18 of those fires caused “extensive spot damage.” There besides person been 40 wounded reports, 8 of which required aesculapian attention, and 7 of those fires person led to pet deaths.

Although nan CPSC doesn’t person nan powerfulness to unit companies to callback unsafe products, companies typically unpaid to callback items nan agency deems unsafe.

Affected models tin beryllium recovered connected nan CPSC site.

How to enactment safe

CPSC has information connected knob issues astatine a scope of brands, not conscionable Samsung, nan institution said. Anyone pinch pets, mini children, aliases moreover nan inclination to bump into things should return other precautions astir electrical and state stoves.

Samsung advised customers to support children and pets distant from knobs and double cheque knobs are turned disconnected erstwhile they’re done cooking. It besides said to ne'er place, time off aliases shop thing connected apical of nan stove erstwhile it’s not successful use.

CPSC besides has akin stove guidance, adding that customers pinch mini children aliases pets should put successful information knobs aliases covers.

Though Samsung said nan stoves tin still beryllium utilized until nan knob locks aliases covers travel in, CPSC said successful nan callback that consumers are “cautioned to support children and pets distant from nan knobs” successful nan meantime.

Samsung said customers tin sojourn this website, telephone Samsung astatine 1-833-775-0120 from 9 americium to 8 p.m. ET Monday done Friday, aliases email rangesupport@sea.samsung.com to person their free knob locks aliases covers.

The knobs already person a two-step activation strategy pinch a “push and turn” movement.

Samsung said it is moving pinch nan CPSC and that it has already introduced knob information features successful its newest models. Samsung said its existing stoves pinch WiFi capabilities tin matter owners erstwhile nan burner is first activated.