Space Heater Fire Recalls

The historical database contains 29 unique Space Heaters recalls involving Fire hazards from 1984 through 2024. 25 records contain reliably parsed U.S. affected-unit quantities, totaling at least 4,056,800 units.

29Unique recall records
1984–2024Historical coverage
25 of 29Records with parsed U.S. units
4.06M+Affected U.S. units identified

Affected-unit totals include only records with reliably parsed U.S. quantities. Expanded or reannounced recalls are excluded from historical event counts.

Space Heater Fire Recalls by Year

The highest number of qualifying recall records in the current dataset occurred in 2014, with 3 records.

Brands and Companies in These Recalls

A normalized brand/entity is currently identified for 21 of 29 qualifying records (72%). These are historical record counts, not safety ratings.

Brand / entityRecall recordsFirstLatestParsed U.S. units
Vornado Air320142018434,000
Amazon120192019377,000
and Caframo1199619962,460
Big Lots12012201270,500
Dyson120142014338,000
Family Dollar Stores12013201319,640
Harbor Freight Tools12021202119,000
Holmes Group12005200513,500
Holmes Products11999199945,000
Lasko120112011107,500
Lasko Products120042004186,000
Optimus120132013355,000
Patton119871987
QVC12008200828,000
Royal Centurian/Sovereign11998199839,300
Shop LC1202220224,500
Twin-Star12014201431,000
Vermont Castings, Majestic Products1200120013,900
Vornado Air Circulation Systems1200420041,000,000

Largest Space Heater Fire Recalls

DateBrandProductU.S. unitsHazardsCPSC Recall #
2004-08-02Vornado Air Circulation SystemsPortable electric whole-room heaters1,000,000Fire04-191
2024-11-07GoveeLife and Govee Smart Electric Space Heaters512,500Burn, Fire25-036
2019-06-11AmazonAmazonBasics 1500 Watt Ceramic Space Heaters377,000Burn, Fire19-752
2013-05-14OptimusPortable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space Heaters355,000Fire13-191
2018-04-04Vornado AirVH101 Personal Vortex electric space heaters350,000Burn, Fire18-136
2014-04-01DysonPortable electric heaters338,000Fire14-143
2007-08-29"Aloha Breeze" Portable Electric Heaters281,000Fire07-296
2004-03-03Lasko ProductsLasko Space Heaters, Model 5500 and Model 5700186,000Burn, Fire04-094
2011-02-07LaskoLasko Recalls Portable Electric Heaters Due To Fire Hazard107,500Fire11-121
1984-04-17Patton Model HF-10 and Sears Model 201-7208 portable electric space heaters102,000Fire84-025

Most Recent Space Heater Fire Recalls

DateBrandProductU.S. unitsHazardsCPSC Recall #
2024-11-07GoveeLife and Govee Smart Electric Space Heaters512,500Burn, Fire25-036
2022-02-10Shop LCPersonal Electric Space Heaters4,500Burn, Fire22-723
2021-09-16Harbor Freight ToolsBauer Forced Air Propane Portable Heaters19,000Fire21-782
2019-06-11AmazonAmazonBasics 1500 Watt Ceramic Space Heaters377,000Burn, Fire19-752
2018-04-04Vornado AirVH101 Personal Vortex electric space heaters350,000Burn, Fire18-136
2018-01-31Vornado AirSunny CS (cribside) nursery space heaters5,000Burn, Fire18-088
2014-08-14Vornado AirElectric space heaters79,000Burn, Fire14-256
2014-04-01DysonPortable electric heaters338,000Fire14-143
2014-03-05Twin-StarDuraflame electric space heaters31,000Burn, Fire14-120
2013-05-14OptimusPortable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space Heaters355,000Fire13-191

All 29 Recall Records

DateBrandProductU.S. unitsHazardsCPSC Recall #
2024-11-07GoveeLife and Govee Smart Electric Space Heaters512,500Burn, Fire25-036
2022-02-10Shop LCPersonal Electric Space Heaters4,500Burn, Fire22-723
2021-09-16Harbor Freight ToolsBauer Forced Air Propane Portable Heaters19,000Fire21-782
2019-06-11AmazonAmazonBasics 1500 Watt Ceramic Space Heaters377,000Burn, Fire19-752
2018-04-04Vornado AirVH101 Personal Vortex electric space heaters350,000Burn, Fire18-136
2018-01-31Vornado AirSunny CS (cribside) nursery space heaters5,000Burn, Fire18-088
2014-08-14Vornado AirElectric space heaters79,000Burn, Fire14-256
2014-04-01DysonPortable electric heaters338,000Fire14-143
2014-03-05Twin-StarDuraflame electric space heaters31,000Burn, Fire14-120
2013-05-14OptimusPortable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space Heaters355,000Fire13-191
2013-05-08Family Dollar StoresPortable Heaters19,640Fire13-186
2012-06-19Big LotsPortable Space Heater and Portable Oscillating Space Heater70,500Electric Shock / Electrocution, Fire12-200
2011-02-07LaskoLasko Recalls Portable Electric Heaters Due To Fire Hazard107,500Fire11-121
2011-02-07Portable Space Heaters Recalled by PD Sixty Distributor Due to Fire Hazard3,000Fire11-720
2008-04-30QVCSoleusAir Space Heaters28,000Fire08-565
2008-02-19Portable Electric Heaters Recalled by Aloha Housewares Due to Fire HazardFire08-198
2007-08-29"Aloha Breeze" Portable Electric Heaters281,000Fire07-296
2007-08-29Toe-Space Electric Heaters84,000Fire07-298
2005-05-04Holmes GroupPortable electric heater13,500Burn, Fire05-570
2004-08-02Vornado Air Circulation SystemsPortable electric whole-room heaters1,000,000Fire04-191
2004-03-03Lasko ProductsLasko Space Heaters, Model 5500 and Model 5700186,000Burn, Fire04-094
2001-05-08Vermont Castings, Majestic Products"Vermont Castings" space heaters3,900Burn, Fire01-147
1999-10-20Holmes ProductsHolmes "Wide-Angle" portable heaters45,000Fire00-009
1998-10-06Royal Centurian/SovereignRoyal Sovereign model RST-1200 portable heaters39,300Fire99-004
1996-08-13and CaframoCeramic Space Heater2,460Electric Shock / Electrocution, Fire96-184
1989-12-05Micromar Heat Machine 2000 portable electric space heaterFire90-022
1987-02-18PattonSpace HeatersFire87-010
1985-03-11Portable Electric Space HeaterFire85-011
1984-04-17Patton Model HF-10 and Sears Model 201-7208 portable electric space heaters102,000Fire84-025

How These Recalls Are Counted

A record qualifies when it is classified as Space Heaters and includes the Fire hazard. High-confidence expanded or reannounced notices are excluded from the event total so a continuation of an earlier recall is not automatically counted as a separate event.

Affected-unit totals include only U.S. quantities that the importer could parse reliably. Records without a usable numeric quantity remain in the recall count but do not contribute to the unit total.

Individual incident, injury and death descriptions remain attached to their source records. Historical casualty totals are not added together unless incidents can be reliably deduplicated across notices.

Data Source

Primary source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall data. Where available, individual records link to their official CPSC pages.