Published by Current legal status: There is currently no public recall or settlement involving BRIAN & DANY fire pits. Consumers may still be able to seek legal review if they suffered serious burns or other losses involving a BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pit or another alcohol-burning tabletop fire pit.
BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pits use ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, or similar liquid fuel to create a decorative open flame. Some models are sold as portable tabletop fireplaces for home décor, patios, balconies, and outdoor entertaining.
The main legal concern is that alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits can create flame jetting, flash-fire, and pool-fire hazards when liquid fuel is poured into an open burner, especially if any flame or hot ignition source remains.
Quick Facts
- BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pits are portable decorative fire pits that use alcohol-based liquid fuel.
- Some BRIAN & DANY models are marketed for indoor/outdoor use, patios, balconies, and tabletop décor.
- CPSC has warned that alcohol or liquid-burning fire pits have been associated with two deaths and at least 60 injuries since 2019.
- Potential claims may focus on burner design, fuel instructions, warnings, refueling hazards, seller responsibility, and product-identification evidence.
Table Of Contents
- Latest News & Updates on BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuits
- What Is a BRIAN & DANY 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 a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuits
- Is there a BRIAN & DANY fire pit recall?
- What are BRIAN & DANY fire pits used for?
- Why are alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits dangerous?
- What injuries may support a BRIAN & DANY fire pit lawsuit?
- Can I bring a claim if the fire pit was bought online?
- What evidence should I save after a BRIAN & DANY fire pit accident?
- Do I need proof that the BRIAN & DANY fire pit was recalled?
- References
Latest News & Updates on BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuits
May 2026
May 7, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Northlight Bio Ethanol Portable Tabletop Fireplaces because they can cause uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting from fuel containers, resulting in serious or fatal burns. That warning is not specific to BRIAN & DANY, but it reflects ongoing regulatory concern about tabletop bioethanol fireplaces that require liquid fuel to be poured into an open container [1].
April 2026
April 2, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Rozato Tabletop Fire Pits immediately after one death and multiple burn injuries were associated with the products. The agency warned that alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits can create uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting when liquid fuel burns across a surface or ignites during refueling [2].
December 2024
December 19, 2024 – CPSC issued a broader consumer alert warning against alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits that require consumers to pour fuel into an open container or bowl and ignite the pooled liquid in the same location. The agency stated that these products can violate ASTM F3363-19 and create flame-jetting and uncontrolled pool-fire hazards [3].
October 2024
October 17, 2024 – CPSC recalled about 89,500 Colsen-branded tabletop 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 treatment, burn-center admission, disability, loss of function, or permanent disfigurement in some cases [4].
Product Context
BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pits are sold as portable ethanol tabletop fireplaces for home, patio, balcony, and outdoor décor. Product information for BRIAN & DANY models emphasizes portability, smokeless flame use, ethanol fuel, and placement on a stable flat surface [5].
What Is a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit?
A BRIAN & DANY fire pit is a portable tabletop fireplace that uses alcohol-based liquid fuel to create a decorative open flame. It is designed for close-range ambiance rather than large-area heating.
BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pits may be used on patios, balconies, outdoor tables, coffee tables, and other flat surfaces. Product materials identify ethanol fuel as the preferred fuel, with isopropyl alcohol also discussed as an alternative in some product information.
The tabletop design is important because people often use these products during meals, gatherings, balcony seating, or casual indoor/outdoor entertaining. That places the flame and fuel system near hands, clothing, serving items, table décor, children, pets, and seated guests.
Product evidence can be important in a BRIAN & DANY case. Consumers should preserve the fire pit, burner insert, fuel bottle, extinguishing tool, instructions, packaging, online listing, order confirmation, payment record, photos, and any communications with the seller.
Reported Risks or Injuries
The main 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 intended burn area.
Flame jetting can occur when a consumer adds fuel while any flame remains inside the burner. Alcohol flames may be small, pale, blue, or difficult to see, especially in bright outdoor lighting.
Pool fires occur when burning liquid fuel spreads across a surface after spilling, leaking, or escaping the burner. Instead of staying inside the fire pit, the flame may move across a tabletop, balcony surface, patio table, floor, 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 emergency transport, hospitalization, burn-unit care, debridement, skin grafting, surgery, therapy, or long-term scar treatment.
How Does the Problem Occur, and Who May Be Liable?
The problem often occurs during refueling. A user may believe the flame has gone out and pour more alcohol into the burner, but hidden flame or residual heat can ignite incoming fuel or vapors.
A second risk involves fuel containment. If the burner uses an open reservoir, liquid fuel can spill, burn across a surface, or spread outside the product during use or movement.
A legal investigation may examine burner depth, reservoir shape, fuel capacity, stability, extinguisher design, warning labels, fuel instructions, refill instructions, packaging statements, and online marketing. It may also evaluate whether consumers were clearly warned never to refill while hot, never to pour fuel near flame, and never to use the product on an unstable or crowded tabletop.
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, defect evidence, warning adequacy, seller records, 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 a BRIAN & DANY fire pit. The injured person does not have to be the person who poured the fuel.
Bystanders may be affected because flame jetting can propel burning liquid outward from the fire pit or fuel container. Guests seated across a table may be injured even if they never handled the product.
These incidents can occur during ordinary home use, including patio dinners, balcony gatherings, coffee-table décor, holiday entertaining, camping setups, or s’mores-style use. The small size of the product may make the hazard feel manageable even though liquid fuel can create severe burns within seconds.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you burned by a BRIAN & DANY tabletop fire pit, portable ethanol fireplace, tabletop fireplace, or similar decorative flame product?
- Did the product use ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, rubbing alcohol, 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 insert, fuel bottle, extinguishing tool, packaging, instructions, order records, photos, medical records, or witness information?
Product identification can be especially important because many tabletop fire pits are sold online with similar shapes, fuel instructions, and marketing language. Save the order page, seller name, product images, packaging, model details, and any documents showing the exact product purchased.
Do I Have a BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one was injured by 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 | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN & DANY fire pit legal status | Current | Legal status | No public recall or settlement | Consumers may still seek legal review for serious burn injuries involving BRIAN & DANY fire pits | CPSC Recall Database |
| CPSC liquid-burning fire pit warning | December 2024 | Consumer safety warning | Active warning | CPSC warned against alcohol or liquid-burning fire pits that require fuel to be poured into an open container and ignited in the same location | CPSC |
| Colsen tabletop fire pit recall | October 2024 | Consumer product recall | Recall announced | CPSC reported 31 incidents and 19 burn injuries involving Colsen-branded tabletop fire pits | CPSC |
| Rozato tabletop fire pit warning | April 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use warning | CPSC warned of flame jetting and pool-fire hazards after one death and multiple burn injuries were associated with Rozato tabletop fire pits | CPSC |
| Northlight bioethanol tabletop fireplace warning | May 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use warning | CPSC warned of serious or fatal burn risks from flame jetting and uncontrolled pool fires | CPSC |
Potential Compensation
Potential compensation in a BRIAN & DANY 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 early focus is often whether the burn involved refueling, hidden flame, spilled fuel, flame jetting, or an uncontrolled pool fire.
Step 2: Evidence preservation and investigation. The fire pit, burner insert, fuel bottle, extinguisher, packaging, instructions, online listing, burned clothing, photos, videos, medical records, and witness statements should be preserved where possible. Product experts may evaluate the burner design, fuel path, stability, 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, warning materials, incident reports, medical records, expert opinions, and witness testimony. Negotiation may focus on burn severity, scarring, future care, 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 BRIAN & DANY Fire Pit Lawsuits
Is there a BRIAN & DANY fire pit recall?
There is currently no public recall involving BRIAN & DANY fire pits. Consumers may still be able to request legal review if they suffered serious burn injuries or other losses involving a BRIAN & DANY fire pit.
What are BRIAN & DANY fire pits used for?
BRIAN & DANY fire pits are portable tabletop fireplaces used for decorative flames, indoor/outdoor ambiance, patio use, balcony use, and home décor. They use alcohol-based fuel such as ethanol or isopropyl alcohol.
Why are alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits dangerous?
Alcohol flames can be hard to see, and liquid fuel can spill, pool, or ignite suddenly. Refueling near a hidden flame can cause flame jetting that propels burning liquid toward users or bystanders.
What injuries may support a BRIAN & DANY 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 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 a BRIAN & DANY fire pit accident?
Save the fire pit, burner insert, fuel bottle, extinguisher, 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 BRIAN & DANY 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/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