Nantucket Distributing patio heaters and fire pits
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 11, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Oct 11, 2013the latest report was made
- Oct 11, 2013the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Nantucket Distributing
- Maker
- Nantucket Distributing Co., Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Patio heaters and fire pitsCPSC’s product type: Outdoor Patio Heaters or Firepits (Manufactured) (code 394), in Yard & Garden: Grills & Accessories
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2013 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- 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.
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No one hurt Made Oct 11, 2013, sent to the company Oct 24, 2013, published by CPSC Nov 7, 2013
The product, in the report: Backyard fire pit with pink colored faux brick facade and black metal bowl and frame.
I bought a backyard fire pit from Christmas Tree Shop a few weeks ago. It is made by Nantucket Distributing Company. It is an iron frame that a round pinkish colored faux brick facade sits in and then the bowl that the fire goes in sits in the facade.
We intended to use it just for small fires, the roasting marshmallow kind. And also clearing out some small branches that have accumulated over the summer.
I started the fire and put some branches, small logs, and a cardboard box in the bowl. Everything seemed fine until I heard this huge ‘POP’ sound. At first I thought my husband might have put a log on too and the wood had a knot in it, since that’s a noise I have heard in the past when burning knotted wood.
Didn’t really think much about it until a few minutes later when another huge ‘POP’ sent a piece of the fiberglass facade whizzing past my face and half way across the yard. I stood there in shock since I had just bought this, it was our first fire in the darn thing and now it was exploding all over my yard. Pieces of the facade began flying everywhere and the noise it made sounded like I had bullets in my fire pit!
I don’t know how a fire pit can be sold that explodes upon actually using it for what it is intended. I am so grateful that my 3 year old was not in the yard with me at the time of all this. If she would have gotten hurt from this I don’t know what I would have done.
I called the store I bought it from and the manager said that he would tell his manager about it and so on, but I can’t take the chance that he doesn’t. I have to tell everyone I can think of about this because it is incredibly dangerous and I couldn’t handle it if a child were to get injured by this.
I don’t have any item numbers or anything like that, we recycled the box and contents after we put together the fire pit. But if you need any further information, please let me know and I will do my best to obtain it for you.
- Bought from
- Christmas Tree Shop
- Bought
- Sep 30, 2013
- Where
- Buffalo, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 34, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Nantucket Distributing, made or sold by Nantucket Distributing Co., Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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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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