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GS Fireworks Recalls Fireworks Due to Violation of Federal Standards; Explosion and Burn Hazards; Sold Exclusively at GS Fireworks

Home product recall 19-148. Announced by CPSC on Jun 26, 2019.

  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jun 26, 2019. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.

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

What’s wrong with it?

The recalled fireworks are overloaded with pyrotechnics intended to produce an audible effect, violating the federal regulatory standard for this product. Overloaded fireworks can result in a greater than expected explosion, posing explosion and burn hazards to consumers.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled fireworks and return them to GS Fireworks for a full refund.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

  • : refund.
  • How to reach the firm: GS Fireworks collect at 616-304-8800 anytime or email jewell.david@att.net for more information.

Which ones are recalled?

This recall involves 26 different consumer fireworks. The brand name, product name and the item number are printed on the outside wrapping of the firework. Brand Product Name Item Number Universal 1.25” Artillery Shells W5016(B) Universal Blast From The Past UN5088 Universal Born Hero 25 Shot Cake BHL2325 Sin City Burning Aces 25 Shot Cake SC5G-1501 None Listed The Closer 100 Shot Cake None Listed None Listed Clown Shells W515B Clown Cock Rises Canister Shells FF5001 Clown Cock-a-doodle-doo 25 Shot Cake 8299 Hairy Beaver Crazy Labbits 36 Shot Cake HB2015 Clown Dead Heat 100 Shot Cake BHL999TS Hairy Beaver Defenders 49 Shot Cake BHL999T2 Universal Don’t Panic Canister Shells BHL5135 Universal Godzilla Roars 36 Shot Cake UN2566 None Listed Horror Night Ball Shells W5007 (B) Clown IT Canister Shells DP5135 None Listed Magical Roman Candle WW2901(A-D) Universal Monkey Planet 100 Shot Cake UN2102 None Listed Rising Silver - Flowers in Spring 25 Shot Cake W2825 Yeti Shrooms 100 Shot Cake YT5026 Yeti Sky Jam 96 Shot Cake YT5026 Hairy Beaver Spider 25 Shot Cake HB2002 None Listed Sun Rise Crackers W010 None Listed Thunder King Single Shot Salutes None Listed None Listed Tommy Gun Single Shot Salute WG2018S Clown Top Notch Fireworks 64 Shot Cake BHL2064 Clown Tsunami Alert 100 Shot Cake 8670

About 260 units, as CPSC gives them.

Fireworks.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Who made and sold it?

  • The notice names no firm.
  • Exclusively at GS Fireworks in Wyoming, Michigan from March 2018 through May 2018 for between $10 and $125.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

None reported

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2026.

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