Elide Fire News Today

Elide Fire said a U.S. agency used evaluation criteria for fire extinguishers in saying the product is unsafe and can lead to death

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said use of the balls can lead to serious injury or death.

The company has not agreed to a recall or offered a remedy.

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Elide Fire Extinguishing Balls Due to Failure to Extinguish Fires and Risk of Serious Injury or Death

Certain fire extinguisher balls might not actually work and could pose risks of serious injury if not death, according to federal safety regulators.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says Elide fire-extinguishing balls can fail to extinguish a fire, leaving people at risk of injury and death.