CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Melinora Electric Heated Blankets Immediately Due to Risk of Serious Injury from Burn and Fire Hazards
CPSC warning 26-616. Announced by CPSC on Jul 16, 2026.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 16, 2026. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 700 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
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.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
The internal wire heating elements can overheat and melt through the polyester fabric, posing a risk of burn injury and fire hazard to consumers.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the defective blankets and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous electric heated blankets.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using Melinora Electric Heated Blankets immediately because the internal wire heating elements can overheat and melt through the polyester fabric, posing a risk of burn injury and fire hazard to consumers. CPSC urges consumers to stop using the defective blankets and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous electric heated blankets. The manufacturer, Leevana Inc., has been unresponsive to CPSC requests for a recall or information about this product. The blankets are gray, machine washable electric heated blankets made with polyester fleece and sold in multiple sizes. The blankets have an attached white remote that can be used to adjust the heat to 10 different levels.Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
About 700 units, as CPSC gives them.
Melinora Electric Heated Blankets.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Leevana Inc..
- Amazon.com from February 2025 through October 2025.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
CPSC is aware of five reports of blankets smoking, melting or burning due to the heating elements overheating, including one burn injury.
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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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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.
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.