(WHTM) – Thousands of fire pits are being recalled due to “flame jetting and fire spreading hazards.”

The United States Consumer Protection Safety Commission says 89,500 indoor/outdoor tabletop Colsen-branded fire pits, including some manufactured by another company, are impacted by the recall.

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The commission says alcohol flames can be invisible and lead to flame jetting when refilling the fire pit reservoir. Flame jetting occurs “while pouring alcohol, when fire flashes back to the alcohol container and suddenly propels burning alcohol out of the container and onto people nearby.”

Alcohol can also splash, spill, or lead causing a flash fire that can spread and escape the fire pit.

So far there have been 31 reports of flame jetting and fire escaping the container, resulting in 19 burn injuries.

Two incidents resulted in third-degree burns to more than 40% of victims’ bodies and six incidents “have involved surgery, prolonged medical treatment, admission to burn treatment facilities, short-term disability, loss of function, physical therapy, or permanent disfigurement,” according to the commission.

Seven models of Colsen-branded fire pits varying in size from 5 to 18 inches wide are affected by the recall. The fire pits are gray or black in color and are round, rectangular, hexagonal, square, or skull-shaped. The fire pits are sold with a flame extinguisher with the “Colsen” brand printed on it.

Anyone with these fire pits should dispose of them and should not resell or donate them.

There is no refund available for those who own these fire pits because the company “does not have the financial resources to offer a remedy to consumers,” according to the commission.

The fire pits were sold by Colsen, Amazon, Wayfair, Walmart, Sharper Image, FlipShop, Grommet, Meta, and TikTok from January 2020 to July 2024 for between $40 and $90.

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