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Giftco Inc. Recalls Pine Cone Candle Sets Due to Fire Hazard

Home product recall 07-274. Announced by CPSC on Aug 15, 2007.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Aug 15, 2007. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

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

What’s wrong with it?

The candles’ exterior paint and coating can ignite and catch fire, igniting nearby combustibles.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

The firm is no longer in business and a remedy is no longer available. Please discard or destroy the product.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: The firm is out of business. Call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772.

Which ones are recalled?

This recall involves Gold Pine Cone Candles (set of three), Item Numbers 1240 and R1240. The item number is located on the product’s packaging. The set includes three candles of different sizes that sit on a gold plate.

About 24,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Gold Pine Cone Candle Sets.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Imported by Giftco Inc., Vernon Hills, Ill.
  • Christmas stores, school fundraisers, mail order, and specialty stores nationwide from September 2001 through December 2006 for between $4 and $25.
  • Made in Hong Kong, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC has received one report of a flare-up with damage contained to the candle. No injuries have been reported.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked 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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

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

Source:

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 19, 2026.

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The state average is 14.3.

Source:

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

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