Published by Burnglow fire pits are small tabletop flame products that can be placed on dining tables, coffee tables, patios, balconies, campsites, or other close-range surfaces where people gather around an open decorative flame.
Current legal status: There is currently no public recall or settlement involving Burnglow fire pits. Consumers may still be able to seek legal review if they suffered serious burns or other losses involving a Burnglow tabletop fire pit or another alcohol-burning tabletop fire pit.
Burnglow tabletop fire pits use alcohol-based liquid fuel to create a smokeless decorative flame for indoor or outdoor ambiance. Product information for the Burnglow Concrete Tabletop Fire Pit identifies fuel compatibility with bioethanol, ethanol, and isopropyl alcohol.
The safety concern is that alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits can produce flame jetting, flash fire, spillover, and pool-fire hazards when liquid fuel is poured into an open burner or when a small hidden flame remains during refueling.
Quick Facts
- Burnglow fire pits are compact tabletop fire pits used for indoor/outdoor ambiance, gatherings, and s’mores-style use.
- Burnglow product information identifies a concrete body, stainless steel ring, burning container, ceramic wool, glass stones, and extendable marshmallow sticks.
- The products use alcohol-based fuels such as bioethanol, ethanol, or isopropyl alcohol.
- Potential claims may involve refueling hazards, burner design, warnings, fuel instructions, flame visibility, seller responsibility, and injury documentation.
Table Of Contents
- Latest News & Updates on Burnglow Fire Pit Lawsuits
- What Is a Burnglow 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 Burnglow Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About Burnglow Fire Pit Lawsuits
- Is there a Burnglow fire pit recall?
- What are Burnglow fire pits used for?
- Why are alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pits dangerous?
- What injuries may support a Burnglow fire pit lawsuit?
- Can I bring a claim if the fire pit was given as a gift?
- What evidence should I save after a Burnglow fire pit accident?
- Do I need proof that the Burnglow fire pit was recalled?
- References
Latest News & Updates on Burnglow Fire Pit Lawsuits
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 burns. That warning is not specific to Burnglow, but it reflects continuing regulatory concern about tabletop bioethanol fireplaces that use pooled liquid fuel [1].
April 2026
April 2, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Rozato Tabletop Fire Pits immediately after one death and multiple serious burn injuries were associated with flame jetting and fire hazards. The agency stated that the products can cause 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 broad 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 place. The agency stated that these products can violate ASTM F3363-19 and have been associated with two deaths and at least 60 injuries since 2019 [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 medical treatment, burn-center admission, disability, loss of function, or permanent disfigurement in some cases [4].
Product Context
Burnglow Concrete Tabletop Fire Pits are indoor/outdoor mini fire pits with a concrete body, stainless steel ring, burning container, ceramic wool, stainless steel lid, glass stones, felt pad, user instructions, and extendable marshmallow sticks. Product information identifies bioethanol, ethanol, and isopropyl alcohol as compatible fuels and lists a burn time of about 60 to 90 minutes [5].
What Is a Burnglow Fire Pit?
A Burnglow fire pit is a compact tabletop fire pit that uses alcohol-based liquid fuel to create a decorative open flame. It is designed for close-range ambiance rather than permanent outdoor heating.
Burnglow fire pits use a tabletop body, burner chamber, ceramic wool, and flame opening to contain and display the flame. Product materials describe indoor/outdoor use, gatherings, camping, relaxation, special occasions, and marshmallow roasting.
The product’s portability is central to the risk analysis. A lightweight tabletop fire pit may be moved between rooms, balconies, patios, picnic tables, and campsites, creating different surface, ventilation, wind, and crowding conditions each time it is used.
Consumers should preserve the fire pit, burner chamber, ceramic wool, lid, fuel container, glass stones, marshmallow sticks, packaging, instructions, online listing, order confirmation, and photos of the setup. These details can help identify the product and reconstruct how the incident occurred.
Reported Risks or Injuries
The major risks involving alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits are flame jetting, flash fire, fuel spillover, and pool fires. These hazards can cause sudden flame movement outside the intended burn area.
Flame jetting can happen when alcohol fuel is added while a small flame or hot ignition source remains in the burner. Alcohol flames may be faint, blue, or difficult to see, especially outdoors or in bright lighting.
Pool fires occur when burning liquid fuel spreads across a surface after spilling, leaking, or escaping the burner area. A tabletop flame may then travel across a table, counter, floor, patio surface, clothing, or nearby furniture.
Potential injuries include second-degree burns, third-degree burns, facial burns, hand and arm burns, chest burns, airway injuries, smoke inhalation, infection, nerve damage, scarring, contractures, and permanent disfigurement. Severe cases may require ambulance 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 begins with refueling. A user may add fuel after the visible flame seems gone, but residual heat or a hidden flame can ignite new fuel or vapors.
Burnglow’s s’mores and tabletop use context can make the incident sequence especially important. A fire pit used for marshmallow roasting may place hands, sleeves, children, skewers, napkins, plates, and fuel bottles close to the burner.
A legal investigation may examine the burner chamber, ceramic wool, stainless steel lid, reservoir capacity, concrete body, fuel instructions, warnings, surface-stability instructions, indoor-use guidance, and refueling directions. It may also consider whether the product adequately warned about invisible flames, waiting time before refueling, and the risk of burning fuel spreading across a tabletop.
Potentially responsible parties may include the manufacturer, importer, seller, online marketplace, distributor, component supplier, 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 Burnglow tabletop fire pit. Guests and bystanders may also be affected if burning fuel traveled outward from the product.
These incidents may occur during ordinary home or recreational use. A Burnglow fire pit may be used on a patio table, coffee table, balcony, campsite table, holiday display, or dining surface where several people are seated close together.
Families may be affected when burn injuries require emergency care, hospitalization, skin grafting, time away from work, or long-term scar treatment. Fatal burn incidents may also raise wrongful death issues depending on state law.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you burned by a Burnglow tabletop fire pit, concrete tabletop fire pit, mini fireplace, or similar alcohol-fueled flame product?
- Did the product use bioethanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, rubbing alcohol, 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, roasting marshmallows, 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 chamber, ceramic wool, fuel bottle, lid, instructions, packaging, online listing, order records, medical records, or witness information?
Product identification can be difficult when small tabletop fire pits are resold, gifted, or purchased through online marketplaces. Save any photographs, seller pages, packaging, manuals, product accessories, and payment records that connect the injury to the specific Burnglow product.
Do I Have a Burnglow Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one was injured by a Burnglow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnglow fire pit legal status | Current | Legal status | No public recall or settlement | Consumers may still seek legal review for serious burn injuries involving Burnglow 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 serious 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 Burnglow 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 chamber, ceramic wool, stainless steel lid, glass stones, fuel bottle, 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, surface protection, 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 Burnglow Fire Pit Lawsuits
Is there a Burnglow fire pit recall?
There is currently no public recall involving Burnglow fire pits. Consumers may still be able to request legal review if they suffered serious burn injuries or other losses involving a Burnglow fire pit.
What are Burnglow fire pits used for?
Burnglow fire pits are tabletop flame products used for indoor/outdoor ambiance, gatherings, camping, décor, and marshmallow roasting. They use alcohol-based fuel such as bioethanol, 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 Burnglow 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 given as a gift?
Possibly. Gifted products may still be reviewed if the injured person can identify the product, seller, manufacturer, packaging, online listing, or purchase source. Photos of the product and accessories can help establish identity.
What evidence should I save after a Burnglow fire pit accident?
Save the fire pit, burner chamber, ceramic wool, lid, glass stones, 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 Burnglow 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://firepitreviewsite.com/burnglow-concrete-fire-pit-review/