Kitchen appliances recalled because of fire hazards

A General Electric combination wall and microwave oven and a Black & Decker toaster were recalled by the Consumer Production Safety Commission today because they pose a fire hazard. GE recalled 92,000 of its built-in microwave-thermal wall ovens after getting reports of 35 incidents of minor property damage and one incident in which a fire damaged adjacent kitchen cabinets after a door switch in the microwave overheated and ignited plastic components in the control area. The ovens were sold under the brand names GE, GE Profile and Kenmore.

Black & Decker recalled 70,000 Infrawave toasters after getting two reports of the toasters igniting, including one report of fire that damaged a kitchen countertop and cabinets. The CPSC said an electrical component in the toaster can overheat and ignite the circuit board.

Find a full report on these recalls, including what to do if you own one of these appliances, in our Home & Garden blog.

Comments

[Jim Baker]

I am concerned about our microwave, I heard a report last night on the news about a womens kitchen catching on fire due to her microwave and she wasnt even using it. I have a G.E. spacemaker also and we have had the light on the bottom of it get very hot, enough to smoke a little, we have unpluged it and would like to know if the company is going to do anything about this to keep your customers confortable and wanting to return to your company Thank you Jim Baker

[Steven F. Narkum]

To whom it may concern , we have a G.E. profile spacemaker xl microwave oven model JVM1350WW03 serial #GT965383S lately when we last used it yesterday it started to spark like it was ready to explode ,is there any way to find out if there is going to be an investigation into these appliances or are you going to wait until there is aa fire that kills someone thank you for your time STEVEN F. NARKUM