Fires and Burn Injuries Prompt Recall of Gas Grills Sold at Lowe’s Stores
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November 22, 2009
L G Sourcing, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has announced the recall of about 663,000 gas grills sold in the United States and 1,700 gas grills sold in Canada because burners can deteriorate causing irregular flames and the lids of some models can catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards to the consumer.
The firm has received about 40 reports of fires from the burners deteriorating and about 23 reports of the lids catching fire. The firm is aware of 1 report of an eye injury requiring surgery and 21 incidents of minor burns to the hands, arms or face.
Perfect Flame SLG Series Gas Grills manufactured by Lucas Innovation Inc., of China, were sold exclusively at Lowe’s retail outlets nationwide from September 2005 through May 2009 for between $200 and $550 (U.S.) and in Canada from December 2007 through May 2009 for between $200 and $250 (CAN).
The recalled grills are SLG series “Perfect Flame” brand outdoor propane or natural gas grills. The grills are stainless steel and painted black or gray metal. The model numbers affected by this recall are SLG2006B, SLG2006BN, SLG2006C, SLG2006CN, SLG2007A, SLG2007B, SLG2007BN, SLG2007D, SLG2007DN and SLG2008A. The model number can be found in the compartment under the cooking chamber. No other Perfect Flame model numbers are included in this recall.
Consumers should immediately stop using the product and contact L G Sourcing, Inc. at (888) 840-9590 to receive free replacement burners and, depending on the model of the grill owned, a free replacement lid.
CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx.
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