The product liability lawyers at Shoop | A Professional Law Corporation write to advise of a voluntary product recall. Southern Telecom Inc. has recalled approximately 48,700 Brookstone-branded tabletop fire pits because they can produce uncontrolled fires and dangerous flame jetting capable of causing severe burn injuries or death.
According to an August 13, 2026 recall announcement from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), alcohol fuel can pool or spill during use, allowing flames to spread across the exposed fuel. Fuel containers may also project streams of burning alcohol—a dangerous phenomenon known as flame jetting.
Southern Telecom has received two reports of flame jetting or flames escaping from the concrete fire pit. Both incidents caused injuries, including second-degree and third-degree burns.
Which Brookstone Tabletop Fire Pits Were Recalled?
The recall covers Brookstone-branded indoor/outdoor tabletop fire pits with the following model and UPC numbers:
- BSFIREPIT01 — UPC 680079015930
- BSFIREPIT02 — UPC 680079015947
- BSFIREPIT03 — UPC 680079015954
The products consist of a round or hexagonal concrete reservoir designed to hold burning liquid alcohol. The model number and UPC code appear on the bottom of the product’s packaging.
The recalled fire pits were sold nationwide at Macy’s, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, Indoff, iBuy, and Newton Buying Corp. stores. They were also sold through Macys.com and other websites between February 2023 and December 2024 for approximately $20 to $25.
Why Is Flame Jetting So Dangerous?
A tabletop fire pit may appear small and decorative, but liquid alcohol fires can behave unpredictably. Alcohol flames may also be difficult to see, particularly in bright light.
Flame jetting can occur when a person pours fuel from a container near a fire that is still burning or smoldering. The flame may travel back into the fuel container, ignite the alcohol vapor, and force a stream of burning fuel toward the user or nearby bystanders.
Unlike an ordinary flare-up, flame jetting can spread fire over a person’s skin or clothing within seconds. Victims may suffer deep second-degree or third-degree burns requiring hospitalization, skin grafts, reconstructive surgery, infection treatment, and prolonged rehabilitation. Serious burns can also cause permanent scarring, disfigurement, nerve damage, loss of mobility, and lasting psychological trauma.
What Should Consumers Do?
Consumers should stop using the recalled Brookstone tabletop fire pits immediately. The recalled fire pits should not be sold, donated, or given to another person. Anyone whose fire pit has already caused a fire or burn injury should preserve the product, packaging, fuel container, instructions, purchase records, photographs, and communications concerning the incident. Do not alter or discard potential evidence before consulting an experienced product liability attorney. The product should, however, be secured in a location where no one can use it.
Product Liability Claims Following a Tabletop Fire Pit Burn
The burn injury lawyers at Shoop | A Professional Law Corporation remind you that manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers may be held responsible when a defective consumer product causes serious injury. Depending on the facts, a tabletop fire pit product liability claim may involve allegations of defective design, a manufacturing defect, inadequate warnings, or a failure to provide reasonably safe instructions.
A product recall is important evidence, but every burn injury case requires an independent investigation. That investigation may examine the fire pit’s design, the configuration of its open alcohol reservoir, foreseeable refueling behavior, the adequacy of its warnings, the fuel involved, and whether safer alternative designs could have prevented the injury.
Potential compensation in a burn injury lawsuit may include medical expenses, future treatment, lost earnings, reduced earning capacity, physical pain, emotional distress, scarring, disfigurement, and loss of quality of life.
Speak With an Experienced Burn Injury and Product Liability Lawyer
Shoop | A Professional Law Corporation represents people catastrophically injured by defective consumer products. Our firm has extensive experience investigating dangerous products, working with qualified experts, and pursuing claims against manufacturers and other companies in the chain of distribution.
If you or someone you love suffered burns while using a Brookstone tabletop fire pit or another alcohol-fueled fire product, contact Shoop APLC to discuss your legal rights. Product evidence can disappear quickly, and legal deadlines may apply.
For complete recall and refund information, review the official CPSC recall notice.
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