{"id":41187,"date":"2025-04-18T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41187"},"modified":"2025-04-18T04:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T09:31:08","slug":"429k-portable-chargers-under-recall-after-consumers-report-fires-minor-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41187","title":{"rendered":"429K portable chargers under recall after consumers report fires, minor burns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">NEW YORK &#8212;&nbsp;About 429,000 portable power banks are under recall because they can overheat and potentially catch fire while charging phones, posing a burn hazard to consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to a Thursday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/Recalls\/2025\/Casely-Recalls-Wireless-Portable-Power-Banks-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards\">notice<\/a>&nbsp;published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Brooklyn, New York-based Casely is recalling some of its \u201cPower Pods\u201d after receiving 51 reports of the chargers&#8217; lithium-ion battery overheating, expanding or catching fire during use \u2014 resulting in six minor burn injuries to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The now-recalled Casely Power Pods, which have a battery capacity of 5000mAh, can be identified by their model number: E33A. The wireless phone chargers were manufactured in China, Thursday\u2019s notice notes, and sold on Amazon, getcasely.com and other websites between March 2022 and September 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Consumers in possession of these chargers, which came in a variety of colors and prints, are urged to stop using them immediately \u2014 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getcasely.com\/pages\/2025-recall\">contact Casely<\/a>&nbsp;for a free replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Those eligible will receive a new \u201cUL-Certified Power Pod,\u201d an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getcasely.com\/pages\/2025-recall\">FAQ on Casely\u2019s website<\/a>&nbsp;notes. The company also says that all other battery packs not included in this recall remain safe to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cCasely is committed to its customers\u2019 safety and, out of an abundance of caution, has taken proactive measures to remove potentially faulty products from circulation,\u201d Casely wrote in its recall announcement. \u201cIf your Power Pod qualifies, we will replace it with a brand-new unit at no cost to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To receive a free replacement, consumers will have to fill out a form online \u2014 and submit photos of the recalled charger they own, with the word \u201cRecalled\u201d and the date written on it in permanent marker. But the CPSC and Casely also stress that lithium-ion battery devices should not be thrown away in the trash or general recycling bins \u2014 instructing consumers to look up local guidance for disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/wireStory\/429000-portable-chargers-recall-after-consumers-report-fires-120910489\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212;&nbsp;About 429,000 portable power banks are under recall because they can overheat and potentially catch fire while charging phones, posing a burn hazard to consumers. According to a Thursday&nbsp;notice&nbsp;published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Brooklyn, New York-based Casely is recalling some of its \u201cPower Pods\u201d after receiving 51 reports of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":41188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[25453,2205,1900],"class_list":["post-41187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-portable","tag-recall","tag-under"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41189,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41187\/revisions\/41189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}