That’s what the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports in its recall of
24,000 Perfect Flame grills. This recall comes after a Fox 23 investigation into those gas grill fires.
This is a story you’ll only see on Fox 23.
Solving Problems reporter Emily Sinovic has uncovered reports of grill fires all over the country. It was after a number of her reports that that the grill manufacturer and CPSC began investigating.
Tonight, Emily tells us there may be more grills out there, catching fire, that are not included in the recall.
The recalled grill is a Perfect Flame, model GAC3615, 2-lid 4-burner. It’s important to understand, there are a number of Perfect Flame gas grill models. Only this specific model has been recalled. This recall will hopefully prevent some other grill fires, but I discovered other Perfect Flame Grill models could be just as dangerous.
Since I first reported a grill fire more than a month ago, I’ve heard from grill owners everywhere including, New York, Virginia, Canada, Missouri, New Jersey, Illinois. They all told me their Perfect Flame grills caught fire.
Some of those grill owners did not hear about a recall, because their specific model of the Perfect Flame grill was not included.
Melissa Shepard wrote to me about her 4-burner Perfect Flame grill. Her model was not included in the recall. Her grill model number is SLG2006B. Shepard said, “It continued to flame and flame and get bigger and bigger even after we turned it off.”
Then a grill owner in Illinois sent me pictures of the 2007 version of the same model Shepard owned. His also caught fire. Again, his grill was not recalled.
I also heard from a Kansas City grill owner who told me about the 3-burner version of the same model SLG2007A grill.
The Kansas City grill owner said, “It was just a big ball of flames just shooting. The metal chunks were all over the place.”
Other owners of the same model, that was not included in the recall, have contacted me as well. They all want to know why their specific Perfect Flame model hasn’t been recalled.
Melissa Shepard said, “There’s been several instances reported … the company needs to take action and recall.”
Just last year, a strikingly similar recall was issued for another Perfect Flame grill.
36,000 4-Burner grills were recalled for the same reason as this year’s recall: “risk of fires and burn injuries.”
Some grill owners worry what will happen if the nothing is done.
Shepard said, “I think definitely the company needs to check into how the grills are made. I would hate to see it come down to somebody actually getting hurt or a house burning down or causing serious damage on somebody’s property.”
The grill manufacturer,Lucas Innovations, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have not returned my phone calls.
I will continue investigating these gas grill fires and reporting your stories.
To tell me about your gas grill fire, you can send me an email at esinovic@fox23.com
24,000 Perfect Flame grills. This recall comes after a Fox 23 investigation into those gas grill fires.
This is a story you’ll only see on Fox 23.
Solving Problems reporter Emily Sinovic has uncovered reports of grill fires all over the country. It was after a number of her reports that that the grill manufacturer and CPSC began investigating.Tonight, Emily tells us there may be more grills out there, catching fire, that are not included in the recall.
The recalled grill is a Perfect Flame, model GAC3615, 2-lid 4-burner. It’s important to understand, there are a number of Perfect Flame gas grill models. Only this specific model has been recalled. This recall will hopefully prevent some other grill fires, but I discovered other Perfect Flame Grill models could be just as dangerous.
Since I first reported a grill fire more than a month ago, I’ve heard from grill owners everywhere including, New York, Virginia, Canada, Missouri, New Jersey, Illinois. They all told me their Perfect Flame grills caught fire.
Some of those grill owners did not hear about a recall, because their specific model of the Perfect Flame grill was not included.
Melissa Shepard wrote to me about her 4-burner Perfect Flame grill. Her model was not included in the recall. Her grill model number is SLG2006B. Shepard said, “It continued to flame and flame and get bigger and bigger even after we turned it off.”
Then a grill owner in Illinois sent me pictures of the 2007 version of the same model Shepard owned. His also caught fire. Again, his grill was not recalled.I also heard from a Kansas City grill owner who told me about the 3-burner version of the same model SLG2007A grill.
The Kansas City grill owner said, “It was just a big ball of flames just shooting. The metal chunks were all over the place.”
Other owners of the same model, that was not included in the recall, have contacted me as well. They all want to know why their specific Perfect Flame model hasn’t been recalled.
Melissa Shepard said, “There’s been several instances reported … the company needs to take action and recall.”
Just last year, a strikingly similar recall was issued for another Perfect Flame grill.
36,000 4-Burner grills were recalled for the same reason as this year’s recall: “risk of fires and burn injuries.”
Some grill owners worry what will happen if the nothing is done.
Shepard said, “I think definitely the company needs to check into how the grills are made. I would hate to see it come down to somebody actually getting hurt or a house burning down or causing serious damage on somebody’s property.”
The grill manufacturer,Lucas Innovations, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have not returned my phone calls.
I will continue investigating these gas grill fires and reporting your stories.
To tell me about your gas grill fire, you can send me an email at esinovic@fox23.com
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