Cleaning product company Bissell is recalling about 61,000 of its cordless wet dry vacuums over a potential fire risk.The voluntary recall comes after the company received dozens of reports of the battery overheating and smoking, including five reports of the battery catching fire. One burn injury was reported.Bissell said on its website that model numbers 2551, 2551W and 25519 are included in the recall. Those model numbers can be found behind the vacuum’s clean water tank on a product information sticker. The vacuums were sold at Walmarts nationwide and sold online.Consumers who have the impacted vacuum should stop using them and contact Bissell for a free in-home repair or replacement battery kit.Owners can also take the product to an authorized Bissell dealer.Learn more about the recall here.CNN contributed to this report.
Cleaning product company Bissell is recalling about 61,000 of its cordless wet dry vacuums over a potential fire risk.
The voluntary recall comes after the company received dozens of reports of the battery overheating and smoking, including five reports of the battery catching fire. One burn injury was reported.
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Bissell said on its website that model numbers 2551, 2551W and 25519 are included in the recall. Those model numbers can be found behind the vacuum’s clean water tank on a product information sticker.
The vacuums were sold at Walmarts nationwide and sold online.
Consumers who have the impacted vacuum should stop using them and contact Bissell for a free in-home repair or replacement battery kit.
Owners can also take the product to an authorized Bissell dealer.
Learn more about the recall here.
CNN contributed to this report.
