Health Canada warns Canadians of the potential fire hazard of… — recall 62849

Reported risk: Following Health Canada's decision in 2019 that certain firepots that use pourable fuels pose a danger to human health or safety, the Department recently completed a national compliance and enforcement project on portable firepots. While the flames in these firepots may seem less intense or more controlled than traditional wood-burning fires, there are serious risks involved with using these products. When you pour liquid or gel fuels into a portable fireplace, firepot, or a fondue fuel reservoir that is still burning or hot, the vapour inside the fuel container can ignite, and flames can violently shoot out of the container onto nearby people or objects. For more information, please see this information on flame jetting . Various firepot recalls were posted on the Healthy Canadians website on May 21, 2021 , July 2, 2021 , July 7, 2021 and July 12, 2021 . In addition, two products sold on UBuy were also found to pose a fire or burn hazard with an unacceptable risk of flame jetting, and are missing appropriate labelling and hazard information. Health Canada is advising Canadians to immediately stop using these two products.