AstroAI is recalling 249,100 minifridges connected Wednesday implicit occurrence and pain hazards aft 2 of the compact refrigerators caught fire, resulting successful hundreds of thousands of dollars successful spot damage.
The idiosyncratic refrigerators' electrical power tin abbreviated circuit, posing occurrence and pain risks, according to a announcement from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
CPSC has received astatine slightest 70 reports of the minifridges emitting smoke, burning, melting oregon catching fire. Two fires caused much than $360,000 successful spot damages, the callback announcement states.
Manufactured successful China, the recalled 4-liter, 6-can capableness minifridges measurement 9.45 inches successful diameter, 6.9 inches wide and 10 inches tall. Available successful black, white, bluish and pink, the fridges were sold online for astir $40 connected Amazon.com and Astroai.com from June 2019 done June 2022.
The recalled minifridges' exemplary fig is LY0204A, which is printed connected a statement connected the backmost of the product. Nine-digit serial numbers of the affected units starts with "S/N" and statesman with either 19, 20, 21, 2201, 2202 oregon 2203.
Consumers with the recalled fridges are urged to instantly halt utilizing them and to interaction AstroAI by email at recall@astroai.com or done a dedicated leafage connected the company's website astatine https://www.astroai.com/product-recall for a replacement product.
Disposal of the recalled minifridges should beryllium successful accordance with authorities and section discarded disposal procedures, the CPSC states.
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