BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pits are marketed as compact decorative fireplaces that use alcohol-based liquid fuel. Their small tabletop format can place an open flame, fuel reservoir, and refill container close to users, guests, clothing, furniture, and other combustible materials.
Consumers who suffered burns involving one of these products should preserve the fire pit, burner, fuel container, packaging, purchase records, photographs, and medical documentation. An individual legal review can evaluate the product involved, how the fire occurred, the severity of the injuries, and which companies may be responsible.
Quick Facts
- BRIAN & DANY sells portable tabletop fireplaces that use alcohol-based liquid fuel.
- Liquid-fuel tabletop fire pits can create flame-jetting and uncontrolled pool-fire hazards.
- CPSC issued multiple 2026 stop-use warnings involving comparable alcohol-burning tabletop fireplaces.
- Consumers with serious burn injuries should preserve the product, fuel container, purchase records, and medical evidence.
Table Of Contents
- Latest BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Recall and Lawsuit Developments
- What Is a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit?
- Why Can Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits Be Dangerous?
- What Injuries Can Tabletop Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
- How Can a Refueling Fire Occur?
- Who May Be Affected?
- Who May Be Liable?
- Do I Qualify?
- What Evidence Should I Preserve?
- Do I Have a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About BRIAN & DANY Fire Pits
- Do I Have a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- What Evidence May Support a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Has CPSC Recalled BRIAN & DANY Fire Pits?
- What Is Flame Jetting?
- Why Are Pool Fires Dangerous?
- Can a Bystander Have a Claim?
- What Should I Do With the Fire Pit After an Accident?
- Does a Product Need to Be Recalled Before I Can Seek Legal Review?
- References
Latest BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Recall and Lawsuit Developments
May 2026
- May 7, 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 burn injuries. The warning concerns a comparable liquid-fuel tabletop fireplace and is not a BRIAN & DANY-specific finding [1]
April 2026
- April 2, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Rozato Tabletop Fire Pits after one death and multiple burn injuries were associated with the products. The agency identified flame jetting and uncontrolled pool fires as serious hazards involving alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits [2]
December 2024
- December 19, 2024 – CPSC issued a broader consumer alert concerning alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits that require fuel to be poured into an open container and ignited in the same location. The agency cited flame-jetting and uncontrolled pool-fire hazards and reported two deaths and dozens of serious burn injuries involving the product category [3]
October 2024
- October 17, 2024 – CPSC recalled about 89,500 Colsen-branded tabletop fire pits after receiving 31 reports of flame jetting or flames escaping from the concrete container. Nineteen burn injuries were reported, including serious injuries involving surgery, burn-center care, disability, and permanent disfigurement [4]
What Is a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit?
BRIAN & DANY fire pits are compact tabletop fireplaces designed to create a decorative open flame. A third-party product listing for one BRIAN & DANY model describes a portable tabletop unit intended for indoor or outdoor use and fueled by ethanol or similar alcohol-based liquid fuel [5]
These products differ from permanent fireplaces because the burner, flame, and fuel container may all be handled at close range. They may be placed on dining tables, patio furniture, balconies, coffee tables, or other surfaces where people sit nearby.
The exact design can matter in an injury investigation. Relevant features may include the burner reservoir, fuel opening, flame-control components, base stability, extinguishing tool, instructions, warnings, and recommended fuel.
Why Can Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits Be Dangerous?
The most serious hazards identified by CPSC for this product category include flame jetting and uncontrolled pool fires. Both can cause fire to move rapidly beyond the intended burn area.
Flame jetting can occur when alcohol fuel is poured near a flame or ignition source. Burning fuel or vapors can ignite inside the fuel stream or container and send flames toward the person refueling the device or nearby bystanders.
Alcohol flames can also be difficult to see under some lighting conditions. A consumer may believe a flame has gone out and attempt to refill a burner that remains lit or hot enough to ignite incoming fuel.
Pool fires occur when burning liquid escapes the burner and spreads across a tabletop, floor, patio surface, clothing, or other material. The resulting fire may be difficult to contain because the fuel itself is burning over a larger area.
What Injuries Can Tabletop Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
Alcohol-fueled fire pit incidents can cause second- or third-degree burns to the face, hands, arms, chest, legs, or other exposed areas. Severe burns may require emergency treatment, hospitalization, debridement, skin grafting, reconstructive surgery, or prolonged wound care.
Some injuries can leave permanent scarring, disfigurement, nerve damage, limited movement, contractures, or lasting sensitivity. Fires involving clothing or the upper body may also create additional risks from smoke or airway exposure.
CPSC’s Colsen recall illustrates the potential severity of these incidents. Among 19 reported burn injuries, the agency described cases involving third-degree burns, surgery, prolonged medical treatment, burn-center admission, loss of function, disability, and permanent disfigurement.
How Can a Refueling Fire Occur?
Refueling is a particularly important hazard because liquid alcohol can ignite rapidly. A user may attempt to add fuel after the visible flame becomes small or disappears while residual flame or heat remains inside the burner.
If incoming fuel ignites, fire can travel toward the fuel container or erupt outward from the burner. The person holding the bottle may instinctively move or drop it, potentially spreading burning liquid across a table, floor, clothing, or nearby people.
A legal investigation may therefore examine refill instructions, warnings, burner geometry, fuel-container design, required cooling time, flame visibility, and whether the product adequately prevents foreseeable refueling while hot.
Who May Be Affected?
An injured person does not have to be the owner or person who purchased the fire pit. Users, family members, guests, children, and other bystanders may be close enough to suffer burns if flames or burning liquid spread unexpectedly.
Incidents may occur while lighting, refueling, extinguishing, moving, or sitting near the product. The circumstances of the accident and the location of each person can be important when determining how the fire spread.
Someone injured while another person was refueling the product may have different evidence than the person handling the fuel. Witness statements, photographs, video, burned clothing, and the physical product can help reconstruct the sequence.
Who May Be Liable?
Potentially responsible parties may include the manufacturer, importer, distributor, retailer, online seller, marketplace, fuel supplier, or another company involved in placing the product into commerce. Which parties are relevant depends on the specific fire pit and sales history.
Potential claims may involve defective design, inadequate warnings, negligence, breach of warranty, or other theories available under state law. A comparison with CPSC warnings involving other brands does not itself establish that a BRIAN & DANY product is defective.
An investigation may examine whether the product allowed foreseeable refueling near a flame, whether the burner contained fuel safely, and whether instructions adequately described flame visibility and cooling requirements.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you burned by a BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pit or portable alcohol-burning fireplace?
- Did flames jet outward, flash back, spill, or spread across a surface during use or refueling?
- Did you require medical treatment for second-degree burns, third-degree burns, scarring, surgery, or another serious injury?
- Do you have the fire pit, fuel container, packaging, order records, photographs, or medical documentation?
An individualized legal review can determine whether the product identity, incident sequence, burn mechanism, medical evidence, damages, and applicable filing deadline support a potential claim.
What Evidence Should I Preserve?
Do not discard the fire pit, burner insert, fuel bottle, extinguishing tool, packaging, instructions, or other components involved in the incident. These items may contain information about the product design, fuel type, warnings, and condition at the time of the fire.
Save online order confirmations, marketplace listings, seller information, receipts, payment records, shipping documents, and photographs of labels or packaging. Product identification can be especially important when similar tabletop fire pits are sold under different names online.
Medical records, burn photographs, emergency reports, witness statements, clothing damaged in the fire, and photographs of the accident scene may also be relevant. Preserve this evidence in its post-incident condition whenever safely possible.
Do I Have a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one suffered serious burns involving a BRIAN & DANY 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 | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northlight tabletop fireplace warning | May 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use warning | CPSC | Comparable liquid-fuel product |
| Rozato tabletop fire pit warning | April 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use warning | CPSC | One death reported |
| Liquid-burning fire pit alert | December 2024 | Consumer safety alert | Category-wide warning | CPSC | Flame-jetting hazard identified |
| Colsen fire pit recall | October 2024 | Consumer product recall | Recall announced | CPSC | Nineteen burns reported |
Potential Compensation
Potential compensation may include ambulance transportation, emergency care, hospitalization, burn-unit treatment, debridement, surgery, skin grafting, prescriptions, physical therapy, scar treatment, and future medical care.
Additional damages may include lost wages, reduced earning capacity, pain and suffering, permanent scarring, disfigurement, disability, property damage, and other documented losses permitted by applicable law.
Compensation amounts vary by case. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Legal Process Overview
Free case review: The initial review may address the product, seller, fuel type, accident sequence, burn injuries, medical treatment, and available evidence.
Investigation. Attorneys may examine the fire pit, burner, fuel container, warnings, instructions, online listing, photographs, medical records, and witness statements.
Filing. A lawsuit may be filed when the available evidence and governing law support one or more claims. Filing deadlines vary by jurisdiction.
Discovery/negotiation: The parties may exchange product records, testing information, medical evidence, expert opinions, seller records, and testimony while discussing possible resolution.
Resolution: A case may conclude through settlement, dismissal, court ruling, or trial. No outcome or timeline can be guaranteed.
Frequently Asked Questions About BRIAN & DANY Fire Pits
Do I Have a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
A claim may warrant review if a BRIAN & DANY fire pit was involved in a flame-jetting, flash-fire, spill, or pool-fire incident that caused serious burns. Eligibility depends on product identification, causation, injuries, damages, and applicable law.
What Evidence May Support a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
Useful evidence may include the fire pit, burner insert, fuel container, packaging, instructions, purchase records, online listing, photographs, medical records, and witness information.
Has CPSC Recalled BRIAN & DANY Fire Pits?
The public CPSC actions cited on this page involve other brands and the broader liquid-burning fire pit category. They should not be interpreted as a BRIAN & DANY-specific recall or agency finding.
What Is Flame Jetting?
Flame jetting can occur when liquid fuel ignites during refueling and rapidly projects flame or burning fuel outward. People handling the fuel and nearby bystanders may both be exposed.
Why Are Pool Fires Dangerous?
A pool fire occurs when burning liquid fuel spreads outside the burner and across another surface. Fire can then reach clothing, furniture, flooring, or nearby people.
Can a Bystander Have a Claim?
Potentially. A person does not have to own or operate the fire pit to request a legal review if burning fuel or flames caused an injury.
What Should I Do With the Fire Pit After an Accident?
Preserve it in its post-incident condition when it can be stored safely. Do not repair, modify, clean, or discard important components before they can be documented.
Does a Product Need to Be Recalled Before I Can Seek Legal Review?
No. Recall status and legal-claim eligibility are separate issues, and a potential product-liability claim may depend on the specific evidence surrounding the product and injury.
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/2026/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-Rozato-Tabletop-Fire-Pits-Immediately-Due-to-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards-One-Death-and-Serious-Burn-Injuries-Reported
- 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/Recalls/2025/Colsen-Recalls-Fire-Pits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Spreading-Hazards
- https://www.testmarket.io/proview/gel-ethanol-fireplaces/brian-dany-tabletop-fire-pit-portable-indoor-fire-pit-tabletop-fireplace-ethanol-table-top-firepit-decor-home-patio-balcony-outdoor-black/10456