On July 24, 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for more than 634,000 Frigidaire-branded minifridges.  The CPSC recall notice indicates that the minifridges’ “electrical components can short circuit and ignite the surrounding plastic housing, posing fire and burn hazards.”  According to the CPSC recall notice, there have been at least 26...

On January 23, 2017, Samsung announced that poorly designed and manufactured batteries are to blame for the fires associated with its Galaxy Note 7 phones. The announcement comes after months of investigation by Samsung and three independent industry organizations. The investigation revealed problems with both the batteries that were originally used in the phone during...