Samsung recalls more than 1 million electric ranges after fires kill at least 7 pets
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Samsung is recalling more than 1.1 million electric ranges sold nationwide after the products were linked with roughly 250 fires, leading to dozens of injuries and killing at least seven pets.
The recall involves slide-in electric ranges with front-mounted knobs that can be turned on accidentally by people or pets.
Samsung has received more than 300 reports of such incidents, the company said Thursday in a notice posted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Since 2013, fires attributed to the ranges are linked with 18 instances of extensive property damage and resulted in eight injuries requiring medical attention, according to the filing.
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