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Following Second House Fire, CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using LayZ Board Hoverboards

CPSC warning 18-033. Announced by CPSC on Nov 14, 2017.

  • CPSC warning, not a recall
  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own warning, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Nov 14, 2017. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

CPSC issued this as a product safety warning, not a recall.

CPSC warns people about a product this way when there is no recall of it. What’s wrong and what to do are below, in CPSC’s words.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Due to the fire hazard posed to consumers of all ages by these hoverboards, CPSC is urging the public to stop charging and stop using their LayZ Board.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

CPSC is urging consumers to stop using LayZ Board self-balancing scooters (known as hoverboards) immediately.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Which ones does it cover?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After a second house fire resulting in substantial property damage, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to stop using LayZ Board self-balancing scooters (known as hoverboards) immediately. CPSC has evidence that LayZ Board was the brand of hoverboard involved in the fire on October 23, 2017, in Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, which destroyed one townhome and damaged four others. In May 2017, CPSC issued its first warning about LayZ Board hoverboards, following a fatal house fire on March 10, 2017, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which took the lives of two young girls.These hoverboards were manufactured in Shenzhen, China, and more than 3,000 units were imported into the United States.Due to the fire hazard posed to consumers of all ages by these hoverboards, CPSC is urging the public to stop charging and stop using their LayZ Board. Consumers who choose to dispose of their hoverboards should take them to a local recycling center for safe handling of the lithium-ion battery. CPSC is also asking the public to share this warning with friends and family so that no one else is injured by these hoverboards. The LayZ Board is a two-wheeled, battery-powered, self-balancing scooter that has a pivoting platform intended for the rider’s feet and does not have a handlebar. The name LayZ Board is printed on the front of the product.Note: The safety warning to stop use applies to LayZ Board hoverboards, which is a different product from Lazyboard hoverboards.

More than 3,000 units. units, as CPSC gives them.

LayZ Board Hoverboards.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Who made and sold it?

  • The notice names no firm.
  • Made in Shenzhen, China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC has evidence that LayZ Board was the brand of hoverboard involved in the fire on October 23, 2017, in Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, which destroyed one townhome and damaged four others.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product safety warnings.

    Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

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Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 25, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

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CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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