Published by Current legal status: There is currently no public recall or settlement involving AUVANNA fire pits. Consumers may still be able to seek legal review if they suffered serious burns or other losses involving an AUVANNA tabletop fire pit or another liquid-fuel fire pit.
AUVANNA fire pits use liquid fuel such as ethanol, bioethanol, or isopropyl alcohol to create a smokeless tabletop flame. The products are marketed for indoor/outdoor ambiance, gifting, gatherings, and small-space flame use.
The broader legal concern is that alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits can create flame jetting, flash-fire, spillover, and pool-fire hazards. These incidents may cause severe burns within seconds, especially when consumers refuel a fire pit that still contains a hidden flame or hot ignition source.
Quick Facts
- AUVANNA tabletop fire pits use alcohol-based liquid fuel, including ethanol or isopropyl alcohol.
- Product listings identify AUVANNA fire pits as glass-reinforced concrete tabletop fire pits with a hardwood base or cover.
- CPSC has linked alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits to two deaths and at least 60 injuries since 2019.
- Potential claims may involve unsafe design, inadequate warnings, refueling hazards, seller responsibility, or failure to address flame-jetting risks.
Table Of Contents
- Latest News & Updates on AUVANNA Fire Pit Lawsuits
- What Is an AUVANNA Fire Pit?
- Reported Risks or Injuries
- How Does the Problem Occur, and Who May Be Liable?
- Who May Be Affected?
- Do I Qualify?
- Do I Have an AUVANNA Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About AUVANNA Fire Pit Lawsuits
- Is there an AUVANNA fire pit recall?
- What is the current legal status of AUVANNA fire pit claims?
- What are AUVANNA fire pits used for?
- Why are alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits dangerous?
- What injuries may support an AUVANNA fire pit lawsuit?
- Can I bring a claim if the AUVANNA fire pit was bought online?
- What evidence should I save after an AUVANNA fire pit accident?
- Do I need proof that the AUVANNA fire pit was recalled?
- References
Latest News & Updates on AUVANNA Fire Pit Lawsuits
May 2026
CPSC warned consumers to stop using Northlight Bio Ethanol Portable Tabletop Fireplaces because they can create uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting from fuel containers, resulting in serious or fatal burns. That warning is not specific to AUVANNA, but it reflects continuing regulatory concern over portable tabletop bioethanol fireplaces that use pooled liquid fuel [1].
December 2024
CPSC issued a broad consumer alert warning people to stop using alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits that require liquid fuel to be poured into an open container or bowl and ignited in the same location. The agency stated that these products can violate ASTM F3363-19 and create flame-jetting and uncontrolled pool-fire hazards [2].
CPSC also warned consumers to stop using FLIKRFIRE Tabletop Fireplaces because the products can cause pool fires and flame jetting. The warning described small decorative bowls or open containers that require consumers to pour isopropyl alcohol into the bowl and ignite the pooled fuel [3].
October 2024
CPSC recalled about 89,500 Colsen-branded fire pits after 31 reports of flame jetting or flames escaping from the concrete container. The recall reported 19 burn injuries, including third-degree burns, surgery, prolonged medical treatment, burn-center admission, disability, loss of function, or permanent disfigurement in some cases [4].
Product and Litigation Context
AUVANNA tabletop fire pits are sold as compact glass-reinforced concrete fire pits with a hardwood base, ethanol fuel use, smokeless burning, and indoor/outdoor placement. Listings also describe a 4.5-inch by 7.5-inch by 4.5-inch oval fire pit weighing about 2.1 pounds, with a gray concrete finish and alcohol-fuel use [5].
Public reporting has described product liability lawsuits over tabletop fire pit burn injuries, including allegations that online-sold fire pits caused explosive flame events and serious burns. These lawsuits show how fire pit cases may focus on design, fuel containment, warnings, refueling instructions, and seller responsibility [6].
What Is an AUVANNA Fire Pit?
An AUVANNA fire pit is a small tabletop fire bowl that uses alcohol-based liquid fuel to produce a decorative open flame. The product is intended for close-range ambiance rather than heating a large outdoor area.
AUVANNA fire pits are made with a glass-reinforced concrete body and a hardwood base or cover. They are marketed for indoor/outdoor use, smokeless burning, tabletop décor, gifting, and social gatherings.
The product’s small size is central to the risk analysis. A fire pit that fits on a tabletop may be placed near hands, sleeves, napkins, table runners, plates, drinks, children, pets, and seated guests.
Product details can matter in a legal review. Important evidence may include the fire pit body, burner cup, fuel container, hardwood base, instructions, packaging, order history, seller page, product photos, and any marketing claims about safe indoor use or s’mores-style use.
Reported Risks or Injuries
The key risks involving alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits are flame jetting, flash fire, spillover, and pool fires. These hazards can cause sudden flame movement beyond the fire pit’s intended burn area.
Flame jetting can occur when alcohol fuel is poured into or near a fire pit that still has a flame or hot ignition source. A small alcohol flame can be difficult to see, and the incoming fuel may ignite in a way that shoots burning liquid outward.
Pool fires occur when liquid fuel burns across a surface after it spills or spreads. Instead of remaining inside the burner cup, the burning fuel may move across a table, countertop, patio surface, clothing, or nearby objects.
Potential injuries include second-degree burns, third-degree burns, facial burns, hand and arm burns, chest burns, airway injuries, smoke inhalation, infection, nerve damage, permanent scarring, contractures, and disfigurement. Severe cases may require ambulance transport, hospitalization, burn-unit care, skin grafting, surgery, physical therapy, or long-term scar treatment.
How Does the Problem Occur, and Who May Be Liable?
The problem often begins when a user believes the flame has gone out and adds more alcohol fuel. If a hidden flame remains, the fuel stream or vapors may ignite suddenly.
Another risk involves the burner’s open-container design. If the reservoir permits pooled liquid fuel to burn in an exposed area, spill, or escape from the container, flames may spread beyond the product and reach people nearby.
A legal investigation may examine the burner shape, cup depth, reservoir capacity, concrete body, base stability, snuffer design, fuel instructions, warnings, and marketing claims. It may also review whether the product warned consumers about invisible flames, refueling delays, fuel quantity limits, and the risk of burning liquid escaping the bowl.
Potentially responsible parties may include the manufacturer, importer, online seller, marketplace, distributor, fuel supplier, or other companies involved in selling or promoting the product. Liability depends on product identity, seller records, warnings, defect evidence, injury mechanism, and state law.
Who May Be Affected?
Consumers may be affected if they were burned while lighting, refueling, extinguishing, moving, cleaning, or sitting near an AUVANNA fire pit. A bystander may also be affected if flame jetting or burning liquid traveled outward from the product.
These incidents can happen during ordinary use: a patio dinner, indoor gathering, s’mores setup, balcony use, camping trip, gift demonstration, or tabletop décor display. The close-range setting may place guests within the path of burning liquid before anyone recognizes the danger.
Families may also be affected when burn injuries require emergency treatment, hospitalization, skin grafting, time away from work, or long-term scar care. Fatal burn incidents may raise wrongful death issues depending on state law.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you burned by an AUVANNA tabletop fire pit, concrete fire bowl, alcohol fire pit, or similar decorative flame product?
- Did the product use rubbing alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, bioethanol, or another liquid fuel?
- Did flames flare, jet outward, spill, spread across a surface, or flash back toward a fuel container?
- Were you lighting, refueling, extinguishing, moving, cleaning, or sitting near the fire pit when the injury occurred?
- Did you suffer second-degree burns, third-degree burns, facial burns, hand burns, scarring, infection, surgery, skin grafting, or burn-unit treatment?
- Do you still have the fire pit, burner cup, fuel bottle, instructions, packaging, online listing, order records, medical records, or witness information?
Product identification can be critical because many alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits are sold online with similar designs and product descriptions. Save the order confirmation, seller name, product listing, packaging, photos, and any communications about the purchase.
Do I Have an AUVANNA Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one was injured by an AUVANNA fire pit, you may have legal options. Contact Schmidt & Clark for a free case review.
Important Legal Actions or Recalls
| Event | Month/Year | Type | Status | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUVANNA fire pit legal status | Current | Legal status | No public recall or settlement | Consumers may still seek legal review for serious burn injuries involving AUVANNA fire pits | CPSC Recall Database |
| CPSC alcohol-burning fire pit warning | December 2024 | Consumer safety warning | Active warning | CPSC warned against products that require consumers to pour liquid fuel into an open container and ignite pooled fuel | CPSC |
| Colsen fire pit recall | October 2024 | Consumer product recall | Recall announced | CPSC reported 31 incidents and 19 burn injuries involving flame jetting or flames escaping from Colsen fire pits | CPSC |
| FLIKRFIRE stop-use warning | December 2024 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use warning | CPSC warned of pool-fire and flame-jetting hazards involving small alcohol-burning tabletop fireplaces | CPSC |
| Northlight bioethanol fireplace warning | May 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use warning | CPSC warned of serious burn injury or death risks from flame jetting and fire hazards | CPSC |
Potential Compensation
Potential compensation in an AUVANNA fire pit claim may include emergency care, ambulance transport, hospitalization, burn-unit treatment, debridement, surgery, skin grafting, prescriptions, scar treatment, physical therapy, and future medical care.
Additional damages may include pain and suffering, permanent scarring, disfigurement, emotional distress, lost wages, reduced earning capacity, home-care needs, travel costs, property damage, and loss of enjoyment of life. In fatal cases, surviving family members may be able to pursue wrongful death damages depending on state law.
Compensation amounts vary by case. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Legal Process Overview
Step 1: Free case review. The review begins with the product name, seller, purchase date, fuel type, incident sequence, injury severity, and available evidence. The key early question is whether the burn involved refueling, hidden flame, spillover, flame jetting, or an uncontrolled pool fire.
Step 2: Evidence preservation and investigation. The fire pit, burner cup, fuel bottle, packaging, instructions, online listing, burned clothing, photos, videos, medical records, and witness statements should be preserved when possible. Product experts may evaluate the reservoir design, fuel path, base stability, snuffer, warnings, and foreseeable tabletop use.
Step 3: Filing the claim. If the evidence supports legal action, a claim may allege defective design, failure to warn, negligence, breach of warranty, marketplace liability, or other claims depending on state law. Filing deadlines vary by state.
Step 4: Discovery and negotiation. Discovery may involve seller records, marketplace documents, product testing, warnings, incident reports, medical records, expert opinions, and witness testimony. Negotiation may focus on burn severity, future care, scarring, lost income, product identification, and responsibility among sellers, suppliers, and manufacturers.
Step 5: Resolution. A case may resolve through settlement, dismissal, court ruling, or trial. The outcome depends on product proof, defect evidence, injury documentation, expert analysis, damages, and legal defenses.
Frequently Asked Questions About AUVANNA Fire Pit Lawsuits
Is there an AUVANNA fire pit recall?
There is currently no public recall involving AUVANNA fire pits. The legal concern is based on potential injury claims involving AUVANNA fire pits and broader safety warnings about alcohol or liquid-burning tabletop fire pits.
What is the current legal status of AUVANNA fire pit claims?
There is currently no public settlement involving AUVANNA fire pits. Consumers may still be able to seek individual legal review if they suffered serious burn injuries or other losses involving an AUVANNA fire pit.
What are AUVANNA fire pits used for?
AUVANNA fire pits are tabletop alcohol-burning fire bowls used for decorative flames, indoor/outdoor ambiance, patio gatherings, and small-space flame features. They use liquid fuel such as ethanol or isopropyl alcohol.
Why are alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits dangerous?
Alcohol flames can be difficult to see, and liquid fuel can spill or spread outside the burner. Refueling near a hidden flame can also cause flame jetting, which may propel burning liquid toward users or bystanders.
What injuries may support an AUVANNA fire pit lawsuit?
Potential claims may involve second-degree burns, third-degree burns, facial burns, hand and arm burns, infection, skin grafting, burn-unit treatment, permanent scarring, disfigurement, or death. Medical records and injury photos are important evidence.
Can I bring a claim if the AUVANNA fire pit was bought online?
Possibly. Online order records, seller names, marketplace listings, delivery confirmations, payment records, product photos, and packaging may help identify the product and companies involved in the sale.
What evidence should I save after an AUVANNA fire pit accident?
Save the fire pit, burner cup, fuel bottle, instructions, packaging, online listing, photos, videos, burned clothing, medical records, fire reports, and witness statements. If the product is unsafe to keep, photograph it thoroughly before disposal.
Do I need proof that the AUVANNA fire pit was recalled?
No. A product does not have to be recalled for an injured consumer to request a legal review. Many product liability claims focus on design, warnings, foreseeable use, marketing, and injury evidence.
References
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2026/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-Northlight-Bio-Ethanol-Portable-Tabletop-Fireplaces-Immediately-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-or-Death-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2025/Consumer-Alert-Stop-Using-Alcohol-or-Other-Liquid-Burning-Fire-Pits-That-Violate-Voluntary-Standards-and-Present-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards-Two-Deaths-and-Dozens-of-Serious-Burn-Injuries-Reported
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2025/CPSC-Urges-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-FLIKRFIRE-Tabletop-Fireplaces-Due-to-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards-Two-Deaths-and-Serious-Burn-Injuries-Reported
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Colsen-Recalls-Fire-Pits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Spreading-Hazards
- https://botswana.desertcart.com/products/654856864-tabletop-fire-pit-glass-reinforced-concrete-indoor-outdoor-hardwood-base
- https://www.legalnewsline.com/florida-record/fla-couple-sues-amazon-others-over-defective-fire-pit/article_33b2ebae-926a-4584-935e-82a1de43b50c.html