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Product Recall Number: 98-044

Why was Three-Wick Candles recalled?

The wax candle can generate high flames that present a fire hazard.

Three-Wick Candles
Here's product recall specific data for Three-Wick Candles.

  • Product Recall Number: 98-044

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 1997-12-14

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Three-Wick Candles

  • Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Gump's By Mail Inc., of Weehawken, N.J., is recalling about 1,960 three-wick candles. The wax candle can generate high flames that present a fire hazard.Gump's By Mail has received 14 reports of high flames when the melted wax ignited as the candle burned, resulting in 12 reports of minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.The three-wick candle is contained in a porcelain blue and white Oriental-style bowl, measuring 5.25 inches wide and 3 inches high. A gold sticker on the bottom of the bowl is labeled, "Andrea by Sadek...Made in Japan." A white sticker on the bottom of the bowl is labeled in part, "Charles Sadek Import Co."The candle was packaged in a brown cardboard box labeled in part, "Gump's...Style: 91637."Gump's By Mail catalog sold the candle to consumers nationwide from May 1996 through October 1997 for about $25. Gump's is not the manufacturer of the candle.Consumers should stop using the candle immediately and return it to Gump's By Mail, Inc. at the Postage Due Unit, U.S. Postal Service, McSherrystown, PA 17344-9998, to receive a refund or credit of the purchase price. The candle should be returned in the porcelain bowl. For more information, consumers should call Gump's By Mail at (800) 338-2670 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST Monday through Friday.

  • Hazard Description: The wax candle can generate high flames that present a fire hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 1,960

  • Incidents: Gump's By Mail has received 14 reports of high flames when the melted wax ignited as the candle burned, resulting in 12 reports of minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should stop using the candle immediately and return it to Gump's By Mail, Inc. at the Postage Due Unit, U.S. Postal Service, McSherrystown, PA 17344-9998, to receive a refund or credit of the purchase price.

  • Sold At: Gump's By Mail catalog sold the candle to consumers nationwide from May 1996 through October 1997 for about $25. Gump's is not the manufacturer of the candle.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: None Listed

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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