Blink multi-purpose lighters, fuel

2 reports to CPSC, the latest made May 7, 2026. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

2reports to CPSC
May 7, 2026the latest report was made
Feb 13, 2023the earliest
1with the company’s comments

Brand: Blink
Maker: The Green Planet Products, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product: Multi-purpose lighters, fuelIncluding micro-torchesCPSC’s product type: Fuel Multi-purpose Lighters, Incl. Micro-torches (code 1688), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Lighters & Matches

By month

1 report from June 2025 to May 2026; the most in May 2026, 1. 1 earlier report, since February 2023, is in the table.

The numbers, as a table

Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
Month	Reports
May 2026	1
February 2023	1

How badly anyone was hurt

First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

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.

First aid
Made May 7, 2026, sent to the company May 12, 2026, published by CPSC May 27, 2026

The product, in the report: The product is a Blink Mini torch lighter, characterized by a bright orange plastic body. The brand name “Blink” is printed clearly on the side of the casing. This specific model features a safety lid/cap that covers the ignition point where the flame is produced.

The Blink Mini torch lighter spontaneously exploded while stored in a pocket. The entire bottom of the torch blew off, causing a sudden release of pressurized butane fuel which ignited. This resulted in a fire and chemical/thermal burns without the trigger ever being pulled.

Where
OKEECHOBEE, Florida: Mobile/Manufactured Home
Who was involved
Male
The reporter’s relation to them
My Spouse
As this report names them
Brand blink, made or sold by The Green Planet Products, Inc.
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional

CPSC report 20260507-01ED4-2147319657. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov
No one hurt
Made Feb 13, 2023, sent to the company Feb 24, 2023, published by CPSC Mar 10, 2023

The product, in the report: Torch Lighter

The consumer indicates that she went to the passenger seat of her vehicle to light a cigarette with a torch lighter that was inside of her purse. The consumer placed the lighter back in her purse and walked to her house for one minute when her neighbour ran to her house informing her that her vehicle was smoking. The consumer ran outside and initially thought the smoke was coming from her opened trunk because it was full of cleaning supplies and cables so she began removing these. While trying to find the source in her trunk she looked up and saw smoke and flames coming from the passenger seat; she ran over and saw the door melted as well as other parts of her vehicle. The consumer immediately realized that the source of the fire was the torch lighter she had placed in her purse a mere two minutes prior so she quickly removed the purse with some towels and tossed it in a ditch. The consumer was able to put the fire out the door. Most of the torch lighter had melted as well as a wallet in her purse, and there was also extensive smoke damage to her vehicle and fire damage. The consumer states that the unit was used approximately twenty times. The consumer plans on keeping the torch lighter for at least the next thirty days incase an investigation ensues.
I would definitely like to be reimbursed for the value of my car. I will never be able to sell my car due to the excessive smoke damage as well as the damage throughout.

Model
Blink torch lighter
Serial number
10018505141156
Bought from
Chevron, Florida
Bought
Feb 4, 2023
Where
Winter Haven, Florida: Unspecified
Who was involved
Age 46, Female
The reporter’s relation to them
Self
As this report names them
Brand Blink, made or sold by The Green Planet Products, Inc.
How badly, in CPSC’s words
Incident, No Injury

The company’s comments, in its own words

(3/20/2023) The Green Planet Products, Inc.: Our company Innovation Unlimited Inc. is the manufacturer and importer of the torch lighter in question in this report. Our company is the company responding to this report. In response to this complaint #20230213-6A20B-4107136, we would like state that all torch lighters imported by our company, Innovation Unlimited Inc., has been proven throughout the many years of sales, fully complies with CPSC child resistant and safety requirements. We have manufactured and sold millions of this lighter model in the U.S. and have never received complaints of afterburn nor the lighter remaining lit after use. We firmly believe that the reported incident was not due to mechanical issue nor quality of our lighter but was 100 percent due to negligence or conduct by the reporting consumer. On this reported incident, the consumer states that she has used our lighter 20 times without any problems. So mechanically our lighter was working perfectly and had no issues of after burn or remaining lit after use. Furthermore, since our lighter was used 20 times before without complaint, then our lighter will continue to work perfectly with no safety risks. Since the lighter was working perfectly, then whatever cause the burning of the consumer’s bag was due to the conduct of the consumer, and not from mechanical failure of our lighter. One further evidence that shows the report is questionable are the pictures of remaining charred parts of a lighter. Our torch lighter is made of highly heat resistant plastic. Regular flame cannot burn our lighter in such a degree. It will take direct high heating flame levels, like torch flame over 10 minutes in order to burn it to what is shown on the pictures. Since our lighter cannot burn itself, that resulting charred lighter is either not our lighter, or made by another torch lighter in malice directly at our lighter. Either way, the result is not consistent with what can happen to our lighter in those circumstances described by the consumer.

CPSC report 20230213-6A20B-4107136. Submitter: Consumer Search for it on SaferProducts.gov

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

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.

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

Blink multi-purpose lighters, fuel

At a glance

By month

How badly anyone was hurt

The reports, as CPSC published them

CPSC’s disclaimer

Sources

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