Amanda Petersen

An 8-year-old boy and another child were severely burned when a tabletop fire pit called FlikrFire exploded during a family vacation in Oceanside, California. The product had been recalled 18 months prior by the Consumer Product Safety Commission due to safety hazards, but the family was unaware of the recall. The incident has prompted the family to urge others to discard similar alcohol-fueled fire pits.

An 8-year-old boy and another child were seriously burned after a tabletop fire pit exploded during a family vacation in California. The fire pit, called FlikrFire, had been recalled 18 months earlier due to safety hazards but was still in use when it caused the incident.