HK cigarette or pipe lighters
1 report to CPSC, the latest made May 1, 2017. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- May 1, 2017the latest report was made
- May 1, 2017the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- HK
- Maker
- ZHUOYE LIGHTER MANUFACTURING CO., LTDMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Cigarette or pipe lightersCPSC’s product type: Cigarette or Pipe Lighters (code 1604), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Lighters & Matches
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| May 2017 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Hurt, no treatment Made May 1, 2017, sent to the company Jun 23, 2017, published by CPSC Jul 10, 2017
The product, in the report: blue, transparent regularly sized cigarette lighter
The following incident occurred on the front steps of my home ([REDACTED]) on Friday, April 28, 2017 at approximately 10:15 a.m. I sat down and, after a brief conversation with a yard-worker, went to lite a [REDACTED] cigarette with a blue MK lighter (barcode: 6 945794 710077) recently purchased from a nearby gas station, Little 5 Points Chevron (372 Moreland Ave. Atlanta, GA 30307). I put the cigarette in my mouth and brought the lighter to the right side of my face with my right hand, shielding it--instinctually--with my left. When I rolled my thumb over the grove of the lighter, however, it did not produce a single, low level flame but, instead, exploded into a ball of flame spanning approximately two feet wide by three feet tall. Though I immediately threw the lighter, still aflame, the explosion burned off all of the hair on my right temple, cheek, chin and upper-neck as well as from my inner right arm. It also significantly singled my right eyebrow and eyelashes, my entire hairline as well as the ends of my hair, clipped atop my head. The explosion also noticeably singed, to a lesser degree, to the my left side of my face, eyebrow and eyelashes. The right side of my scalp, temple, cheek, ear, and arm also showed signs of minor burn that felt raw and remained warm to the touch throughout the remainder of the day. Within a minute or two, a neighbor approached and noted my paralyzing shock. After I’d told him what had happened, he retrieved the same blue, MK lighter from the bottom of the cement steps and handed it to me, noting a crack at its base from my throwing it (in attempts to expel the explosion away from my face). In the hour that followed, I contacted Arrow Lighter (the lighter manufacturer associated with HK lighters) and they seemed generally uninterested, failing to even take down my name, the product number or even develop a report. I was especially horrified by this reaction when, through a very basic internet search, I learned of the many, many reports of HK lighter explosions in addition to one death ([REDACTED], a machinist from Stephenville, Texas was only 56 years... His last words, en route to a Dallas hospital, were: “My lighter exploded.”) I also photo-documented my injuries and met with a Registered Nurse who notated her observations via video. The following day, I returned to the same nearby gas station (Little 5 Points Chevron) and purchased an identical lighter as the one I’d bought a few days before then spoke to the manager about the incident, who relayed that he’d purchased a large batch of MK lighters from Gandhi Wholesale (located, according to further research, at 103 Forest Parkway, Forest Park, GA 30297).
- Model
- MK
- UPC
- 16G(00799)
- Serial number
- 6 945794 710077
- Bought from
- Little 5 Points Chevron, Georgia
- Bought
- Apr 23, 2017, about then
- Where
- Atlanta, Georgia: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 28, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand HK, made or sold by ZHUOYE LIGHTER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 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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