Samsung recalls over 1 million electric ovens in US due to fire risk

Samsung Electronics has recalled more than 11 lakh of its electric ovens. It is reported that the company has recalled these appliances due to the risk of fire in the oven. Hundreds of incidents of fire in Samsung electric ovens have been reported in America. Many people were injured in these incidents, even their pets were killed. Therefore, the American branch of the company has recalled many models there. Let’s know the details.

Samsung Electronics America has recalled 11 lakh 20 thousand electric ovens. The company has recalled appliances sold between 2013 and 2024. Samsung Newsroom Blog Information about this has been given in. According to which some problem has been found in the knob of the electric oven. This knob can easily be turned on by humans and pets by mistake, due to which many incidents of fire have occurred there. The company has replaced all the affected ovens. List of models It is released here.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in the US has said that this faulty knob has been found to be the cause of about 250 fire incidents. In 18 of these incidents, people have suffered severe property damage. That is, homes have suffered heavy damage. More than 40 people were injured in these, out of which 8 needed to be treated in the hospital. Even 7 pets kept in the houses died in these fire incidents.

The agency has found faulty oven knobs to be related to these incidents. This knob can turn on unintentionally, for which a slight touch is enough. This fault is causing major incidents of fire.

Samsung has taken responsibility for this problem and is now recalling the ovens sold to fix it. The company is now providing knob locks and covers with them so that such incidents do not happen in the future. Also, for ovens with Wi-Fi features, the company has also included a notification feature which can be used through the SmartThings app. This sends an alert to the user when the oven is turned on.