Published by Current legal status: There is currently no public CPSC recall or announced settlement involving East Flame fire pits. Consumers who suffered serious burns or fire damage involving an East Flame tabletop fireplace may still be able to request an individual legal review.
East Flame tabletop fire pits are decorative indoor/outdoor fireplaces with a modern frame and clear glass panels that provide a view of the flame from multiple sides. The products burn rubbing alcohol and are used on tables in gardens, balconies, patios, dining areas, and other gathering spaces.
The glass enclosure may visually separate the flame from nearby users, but it does not eliminate the hazards associated with liquid alcohol fuel. Spilled fuel can burn outside the visible flame area, while heat retained by the burner and glass can remain after the fire appears to be extinguished.
Quick Facts
- East Flame fire pits are portable tabletop fireplaces intended for indoor and outdoor decorative use.
- The products use rubbing alcohol to create a flame visible through clear glass panels.
- Alcohol flames can be difficult to see and may ignite fresh fuel during refilling.
- Potential claims may involve fuel containment, glass-panel placement, refill warnings, surface stability, and fire-damage evidence.
Table Of Contents
- Latest News & Updates on East Flame Fire Pit Lawsuits
- What Is an East Flame Fire Pit?
- How Can the Glass-Enclosed Design Affect Fire Risks?
- 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 East Flame Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About East Flame Fire Pit Lawsuits
- Is there an East Flame fire pit recall?
- What fuel do East Flame fire pits use?
- Do the glass panels make the fireplace safe?
- Why is the flame difficult to see?
- Can I bring a claim for property damage without a serious burn injury?
- What should I do with broken glass after an incident?
- What online purchase records should I save?
- Do I need proof that the flame jetted from the fuel container?
- References
Latest News & Updates on East Flame Fire Pit Lawsuits
June 2026
June 27, 2026 – In Oceanside, California, two children suffered severe burns and one adult sustained additional burn injuries while the group roasted marshmallows over a recalled alcohol-fueled tabletop fireplace. The flash fire ignited the children’s clothing, and both children were airlifted to a burn center [1].
May 2026
May 7, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Northlight Bio Ethanol Portable Tabletop Fireplaces because pooled or spilled alcohol can create uncontrolled fires. The agency also warned that a remaining flame can ignite fuel during refilling and propel burning liquid from the container [2].
April 2026
April 2, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Rozato Tabletop Fire Pits after one death and multiple serious burn injuries were associated with the products. The identified hazards included flame jetting and uncontrolled fires involving pooled or spilled alcohol [3].
September 2025
September 18, 2025 – Five Below recalled approximately 66,000 tabletop fire pits because alcohol could splash or leak from the reservoir during ignition or use. Escaping fuel could create larger and hotter flames outside the unit and expose consumers to serious burns [4].
December 2024
December 19, 2024 – CPSC urged consumers to stop using fire pits that require alcohol or another liquid fuel to be poured into an open container and ignited where it pools. The agency linked hazardous products in this category to two deaths and at least 60 injuries since 2019 [5].
East Flame Product Context
East Flame tabletop fireplaces use rubbing alcohol and place the flame behind clear, heat-resistant glass panels. The products are intended for indoor and outdoor table placement, including gardens and balconies, and are promoted primarily for decorative ambiance rather than conventional space heating [6].
What Is an East Flame Fire Pit?
An East Flame fire pit is a compact tabletop fireplace that burns rubbing alcohol. Its modern frame supports transparent glass panels around a central burner, allowing the flame to be viewed from several directions.
The product can be placed on a dining table, patio table, balcony surface, garden table, or similar location. Its portability allows it to be moved between indoor and outdoor settings.
Unlike a wood-burning fire pit, the East Flame product does not require logs, charcoal, or a propane cylinder. The user pours liquid alcohol into the burner and lights the fuel directly.
The simplicity of that process can obscure the seriousness of the fuel hazard. Rubbing alcohol is highly flammable, and its flame may be faint or difficult to distinguish in daylight.
How Can the Glass-Enclosed Design Affect Fire Risks?
Glass panels may reduce direct access to portions of the flame, but they do not contain fuel that spills beneath or beyond the burner. Alcohol can move around the base, flow onto the table, or ignite objects outside the glass enclosure.
The panels can also obstruct a user’s view of the burner from certain angles. A low flame or burning fuel near the bottom of the enclosure may not be obvious to someone preparing to add more alcohol.
Heat can build within the enclosed space and remain in the glass, burner, and surrounding frame after visible flames disappear. Touching, moving, cleaning, or refilling the fireplace before it cools may cause contact burns or sudden ignition.
Broken or displaced glass can create additional injury issues during a fire. A person attempting to move or extinguish the product may encounter hot panels, sharp fragments, spilled fuel, and spreading flames at the same time.
Reported Risks or Injuries
No East Flame-specific injuries are identified in the public CPSC recall record. Similar alcohol-burning tabletop fireplaces have caused severe burns, permanent disfigurement, disability, and death.
Flame jetting can occur when a user pours fresh fuel while a small flame remains in the burner. The flame can travel through the fuel stream toward the container and propel burning alcohol onto nearby people.
A pool fire may occur when alcohol spills onto the table or beneath the fireplace. Because the liquid fuel itself is burning, flames can spread farther than the original burner opening and ignite clothing, table linens, furniture, rugs, or decorations.
Potential injuries include second-degree burns, third-degree burns, facial burns, eye injuries, hand and arm burns, chest burns, airway damage, infection, nerve injuries, scarring, contractures, and permanent disfigurement. Severe injuries may require hospitalization, debridement, skin grafting, reconstructive surgery, rehabilitation, and prolonged scar treatment.
How Does the Problem Occur, and Who May Be Liable?
An East Flame incident may begin when the burner is overfilled, alcohol spills during pouring, or the fireplace is placed on an uneven or combustible surface. Refilling before the unit has fully cooled can cause an especially violent ignition.
The fireplace may also be bumped while people reach across a dining or patio table. Movement can disturb the burner, displace the glass panels, or cause liquid fuel to escape onto the surrounding surface.
A legal investigation may examine the burner capacity, fill markings, base stability, glass-panel spacing, extinguishing method, surface-temperature warnings, cooling instructions, and recommended fuel. Investigators may also evaluate whether the instructions adequately warned consumers that the flame could be difficult to see.
Potentially responsible parties may include the manufacturer, importer, distributor, online seller, marketplace, burner supplier, glass supplier, or fuel supplier. Liability depends on the product design, warnings, incident evidence, medical records, property damage, and applicable state law.
Who May Be Affected?
A person may be affected while filling, lighting, extinguishing, moving, or cleaning an East Flame fire pit. Guests seated nearby may also suffer burns even if they never handled the product or fuel.
Consumers using the fireplace on a balcony may face additional risks because space is limited and escape routes may be narrow. A spreading fire can reach outdoor furniture, railings, flooring, walls, or nearby apartments.
Indoor users may be exposed to burning fuel near curtains, rugs, upholstered furniture, papers, electronics, and other combustible objects. Smoke and airway injuries may occur if a fire spreads within an enclosed room.
Children and pets may be drawn to the visible flame behind the glass. The panels and surrounding frame can remain hot enough to cause contact burns even when direct access to the burner is limited.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you burned while using or sitting near an East Flame tabletop fireplace?
- Did the product use rubbing alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, bioethanol, or another liquid fuel?
- Did alcohol spill beneath the glass panels, around the burner, or across the table?
- Did the incident involve refilling, an unseen flame, hot glass, a tip-over, or an unexpected flare-up?
- Did burning fuel spread to clothing, furniture, flooring, decorations, or other property?
- Did you require emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, skin grafting, or long-term scar care?
- Can you preserve the fireplace, glass panels, burner, fuel container, packaging, photographs, and purchase records?
The injured person does not need to be the purchaser or the individual who lit the fireplace. Guests, family members, children, and bystanders may have potential claims when they are exposed to a foreseeable fire hazard.
Do I Have an East Flame Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one suffered burns or property damage involving an East Flame 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Flame fire pit legal status | Current | Legal review | No public CPSC recall or settlement | Individual burn and property-damage claims may still be evaluated | CPSC Recall Database |
| Oceanside tabletop fireplace incident | June 2026 | Burn incident | Investigation reported | Two children suffered severe burns and one adult was also injured during marshmallow roasting | Incident Report |
| CPSC pooled-alcohol fire pit warning | December 2024 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use guidance issued | Hazardous products in the category were linked to two deaths and at least 60 injuries | CPSC |
| Five Below fire pit recall | September 2025 | Consumer product recall | Refund offered | Alcohol could splash or leak and create a spreading flash fire | CPSC |
| Rozato fire pit warning | April 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Immediate stop-use warning | One death and multiple serious burn injuries were associated with the products | CPSC |
Potential Compensation
Potential compensation may include ambulance expenses, emergency care, hospitalization, burn-center treatment, wound care, surgery, skin grafting, prescriptions, rehabilitation, and future medical treatment.
Additional damages may include pain and suffering, permanent scarring, disfigurement, emotional distress, lost income, reduced earning capacity, damaged furniture, structural repairs, cleanup costs, and temporary housing expenses. Wrongful death damages may be available when a fatal injury occurs.
Compensation amounts vary by case. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Legal Process Overview
Step 1: Free case review. The initial review examines the East Flame product, fuel type, purchase source, table placement, glass configuration, incident sequence, injuries, and property damage.
Step 2: Evidence preservation and investigation. Preserve the fireplace, burner, glass panels, frame, extinguishing tool, fuel container, packaging, order records, damaged property, photographs, and witness statements.
Step 3: Filing the claim. A supported claim may allege defective design, manufacturing defects, inadequate warnings, negligence, breach of warranty, or marketplace liability under applicable law.
Step 4: Discovery and negotiation. The parties may exchange product specifications, testing records, warnings, sales information, medical documents, fire reports, photographs, and expert opinions.
Step 5: Resolution. The case may conclude through settlement, dismissal, court ruling, or trial based on the product evidence, cause of the fire, documented injuries, and applicable defenses.
Frequently Asked Questions About East Flame Fire Pit Lawsuits
Is there an East Flame fire pit recall?
There is currently no public CPSC recall involving East Flame fire pits. A recall is not required for an injured consumer to request an individual product liability review.
What fuel do East Flame fire pits use?
East Flame tabletop fireplaces use rubbing alcohol. Alcohol fuel can create flame-jetting and pool-fire hazards if it is spilled or poured near a flame or hot burner.
Do the glass panels make the fireplace safe?
The panels may act as a partial flame barrier, but they cannot contain all spilled or burning alcohol. They can also become hot enough to cause burns and may break or shift during an incident.
Why is the flame difficult to see?
Rubbing alcohol can produce a faint blue flame that is difficult to detect in daylight or bright indoor lighting. A user may mistakenly believe the burner is extinguished and begin refilling it.
Can I bring a claim for property damage without a serious burn injury?
Property-damage claims may be reviewed when a fire damages furniture, flooring, walls, balconies, or other property. The available legal options depend on the cause of the fire, insurance coverage, and applicable law.
What should I do with broken glass after an incident?
Preserve the glass fragments when they can be collected safely. Photograph their location first, use appropriate protective equipment, and store the pieces with the remaining fireplace components.
What online purchase records should I save?
Save the order confirmation, seller name, marketplace listing, payment record, shipping label, product photographs, and any messages exchanged with the seller. Screenshots can be important if the listing later disappears.
Do I need proof that the flame jetted from the fuel container?
Not necessarily. Witness statements, burn patterns, fuel-container damage, scene photographs, medical records, and expert analysis may help determine whether flame jetting, a pool fire, or another mechanism caused the injuries.
References
- https://people.com/children-airlifted-to-burn-center-after-roasting-marshmallows-tabletop-fireplace-12009376
- 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/Recalls/2025/Five-Below-Recalls-Tabletop-Fire-Pits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-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.walmart.com/ip/Table-Fire-pit-for-Indoor-and-Outdoor-Use-Table-Fire-Table-Fireplace-for-Garden-Balcony-Decoration/17050768307