SunVilla has recalled about 400,000 outdoor umbrellas sold at
The product featured LED lights on the arms of each umbrella as well as a black solar panel batter puck containing a lithium-ion battery.
The company, based in
Three solar panels were reported to have caught fire while charging indoors via an AC adaptor and two were reported to have caught fire when the solar panel puck overheated while attached to the umbrella. One smoke inhalation injury tied to the defect was reported.
The CPSC has advised consumers to immediately stop using the umbrellas and remove the solar panel containing the battery and store the puck out of the sun and away from anything combustible and not to charge it with an AC adaptor.
The umbrellas were sold online and at
The company has also recalled 33,000 umbrellas sold at
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