Consumers injured by a HOUSEWISE or Houswise tabletop fire pit may request a legal review involving the burner design, fuel instructions, warnings, incident sequence, medical records, and property damage.
Quick Facts
- HOUSEWISE fire pits are sold as tabletop fire pits for indoor and outdoor decorative use.
- The Houswise FAQ says its fire pits are designed for bioethanol or isopropyl alcohol, not wood, pellets, or other fuels.
- The Altair Tabletop Fire Pit is a concrete model measuring about 4.7 inches by 4.7 inches by 4.3 inches and weighing about five pounds.
- Potential claims may involve hidden flames, refilling hazards, fuel spillover, ceramic wool, warning adequacy, and evidence of online purchase records.
Table Of Contents
- Latest News & Updates on HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuits
- What Is a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit?
- Reported Risks or Injuries
- How Does the Problem Occur, and Who May Be Liable?
- Who May Be Affected?
- Do I Qualify?
- Talk to a Lawyer About Your HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuits
- Is there a HOUSEWISE fire pit recall?
- What risks may support a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuit?
- What fuel do HOUSEWISE tabletop fire pits use?
- Can a concrete fire pit still create a fuel-spill hazard?
- Why are small tabletop fire pits risky indoors?
- Can a guest bring a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuit?
- What evidence should be saved after a HOUSEWISE fire pit accident?
- How can a legal review help with a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuit?
- References
Latest News & Updates on HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuits
July 2026
July 16, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to stop using Houswise Tabletop Fire Pits immediately because they can cause uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting from fuel containers, creating serious or fatal burn risks [9]. CPSC said the warning covers at least 53,500 Vesper, Altair, Quad and Astra models, and the agency is aware of more than two dozen reports of flame jetting, fuel leaking outside the fire pit, and unexpectedly high flames, resulting in seven injuries, including third-degree burns.
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. A hidden flame can also ignite fuel during refilling and propel burning liquid toward users or bystanders [1].
April 2026
April 2, 2026 – CPSC issued an immediate stop-use warning for Rozato Tabletop Fire Pits after one death and multiple serious burn injuries were associated with the products. The warning identified flame jetting and uncontrolled pool fires involving alcohol fuel as the primary hazards [2].
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. CPSC warned that escaping fuel could create larger, hotter flames outside the unit and expose consumers to serious burns [3].
December 2024
December 19, 2024 – CPSC warned against alcohol or other liquid-burning fire pits that require consumers to pour fuel into an open container and ignite it where it pools. Hazardous products in this category have been associated with two deaths and at least 60 injuries since 2019 [4].
October 2024
October 17, 2024 – CPSC recalled approximately 89,500 Colsen fire pits after receiving 31 reports of flame jetting or flames escaping from their containers. Nineteen burn injuries were reported, including third-degree burns, surgeries, loss of function, and permanent disfigurement [5].
What Is a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit?
A HOUSEWISE fire pit is a small tabletop fire pit sold under the Houswise brand for decorative indoor and outdoor flames. The products are designed to create a compact fire feature without a traditional wood-burning fire pit, propane tank, or chimney.
HOUSEWISE Product Details
HOUSEWISE tabletop fire pits are sold under the Houswise brand name for indoor and outdoor spaces, including lounges, balconies, patios, and backyards. The Altair Tabletop Fire Pit is made of concrete, measures about 4.7 inches deep, 4.7 inches wide, and 4.3 inches high, and weighs about five pounds [6].
Houswise says its fire pits are designed specifically for bioethanol or isopropyl alcohol and warns against using wood, pellets, or other fuels. The company also sells ethanol fireplace fuel for use with its tabletop fire pit products [7, 8].
HOUSEWISE tabletop fire pits are sold under the Houswise brand name for indoor and outdoor spaces, including lounges, balconies, patios, and backyards. The Altair Tabletop Fire Pit is made of concrete, measures about 4.7 inches deep, 4.7 inches wide, and 4.3 inches high, and weighs about five pounds [6].
Houswise says its fire pits are designed specifically for bioethanol or isopropyl alcohol and warns against using wood, pellets, or other fuels. The company also sells ethanol fireplace fuel for use with its tabletop fire pit products [7, 8].
The Altair model uses a concrete body and is small enough to sit on a table. Its scale makes it suitable for apartments, balconies, patios, living rooms, and small gatherings, but its small size does not remove the hazards of alcohol fuel.
HOUSEWISE fire pits use bioethanol or isopropyl alcohol rather than wood or pellets. Alcohol fuel can create a clean-looking flame, but it can also spill, pool, ignite unexpectedly, and burn across a surface.
Some tabletop alcohol fire pits use ceramic wool or a similar insert to hold or distribute fuel near the flame. That material may remain hot after visible flames disappear and may complicate refilling, extinguishing, and evidence preservation after an incident.
Reported Risks or Injuries
No HOUSEWISE-specific injuries are identified in the public CPSC recall record. Similar alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits have caused severe burns, permanent scarring, disability, and death.
Flame jetting can occur when fresh alcohol is poured into a burner that still contains flame, heat, or ignitable vapor. The flame can travel through the stream of fuel and ignite vapors near or inside the fuel container.
Burning liquid may then be propelled toward the person refilling the fire pit or toward nearby guests. The face, neck, chest, arms, hands, and clothing may be exposed because the fuel bottle is usually held close to the body.
Pool fires can occur when alcohol spills from the burner, overflows during filling, or spreads beneath the tabletop fire pit. Burning fuel can move across a table, counter, balcony surface, patio floor, rug, furniture, napkins, or clothing.
Potential injuries include facial burns, eye injuries, airway damage, hand and arm burns, second-degree burns, third-degree burns, infection, nerve injuries, contractures, scarring, and permanent disfigurement. Severe cases may require emergency care, burn-center treatment, debridement, skin grafting, reconstructive surgery, rehabilitation, and long-term scar care.
How Does the Problem Occur, and Who May Be Liable?
A HOUSEWISE fire pit incident may begin when the burner is refilled before the product has fully cooled. Alcohol flames can be faint in bright indoor light or outdoor daylight, causing a user to believe the flame is out before it is safe to add more fuel.
Another pathway involves fuel spillover during filling. A small concrete fire pit may be placed on a table with food, drinks, napkins, sleeves, phone chargers, cushions, and other combustible items nearby.
The concrete body may make the product look stable and contained. However, concrete does not stop burning alcohol from escaping the burner, spreading across the tabletop, or igniting nearby materials.
A legal investigation may examine the burner capacity, ceramic insert, fuel-fill instructions, extinguishing method, base stability, cooling instructions, warning placement, recommended fuel, packaging, and online product descriptions. It may also evaluate whether consumers were clearly warned not to refill, touch, move, or clean the unit until it was fully extinguished and cool.
Potentially responsible parties may include the manufacturer, importer, distributor, retailer, online marketplace, component supplier, testing entity, or fuel supplier. Liability depends on product identity, defect evidence, warning adequacy, incident circumstances, medical records, property damage, and applicable law.
Who May Be Affected?
Consumers may be affected while filling, lighting, refilling, extinguishing, moving, cleaning, or sitting near a HOUSEWISE tabletop fire pit. The injured person does not need to be the buyer or the person who poured the fuel.
Guests may be affected when the product is used as a table centerpiece during a dinner, party, balcony gathering, patio event, or s’mores-style activity. A sudden flame jet or spreading pool fire can reach nearby people before they can move away.
Apartment and balcony users may face added hazards because the fire pit may be near walls, railings, curtains, furniture, plants, rugs, or limited exit paths. A spreading alcohol fire can damage property and create smoke or airway exposure.
Children and pets may also be exposed because tabletop flames sit near hand, face, and clothing height. Even after the visible flame disappears, the burner, ceramic material, concrete body, and nearby tabletop may remain hot.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you burned while using or sitting near a HOUSEWISE fire pit, Houswise fire pit, Altair Tabletop Fire Pit, or similar alcohol-fueled tabletop fire pit?
- Did the product use bioethanol, isopropyl alcohol, rubbing alcohol, ethanol, or another liquid fuel?
- Did the incident occur while filling, refilling, lighting, extinguishing, moving, or cleaning the fire pit?
- Did fuel spill from the burner, burn across a table, ignite nearby objects, or spread onto clothing or furniture?
- Did the flame appear extinguished before fresh fuel was added?
- Did you require emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, skin grafting, rehabilitation, or long-term scar care?
- Can you preserve the fire pit, burner insert, fuel container, packaging, instructions, seller listing, photographs, medical records, and damaged property?
A legal review can help determine eligibility by evaluating the HOUSEWISE product, fuel involved, warnings, retailer records, incident sequence, injuries, damages, and applicable filing deadlines.
Talk to a Lawyer About Your HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury
If you or a loved one suffered burns or property damage involving a HOUSEWISE fire pit or Houswise tabletop 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 bioethanol fireplace warning | May 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Immediate stop-use warning | CPSC | Pooled alcohol and refilling hazards identified. |
| Rozato tabletop fire pit warning | April 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Immediate stop-use warning | CPSC | One death and serious injuries reported. |
| Five Below tabletop fire pit recall | September 2025 | Consumer product recall | Refund offered | CPSC | About 66,000 units recalled. |
| General liquid-burning fire pit alert | December 2024 | Consumer safety warning | Stop-use guidance issued | CPSC | Two deaths and dozens of injuries reported. |
| Colsen fire pit recall | October 2024 | Consumer product recall | Disposal remedy announced | CPSC | 31 incidents and 19 injuries reported. |
Potential Compensation
Potential compensation may include ambulance transportation, emergency treatment, hospitalization, burn-center care, wound treatment, surgery, skin grafting, medication, rehabilitation, scar treatment, and future medical expenses.
Other damages may include pain and suffering, permanent scarring, disfigurement, emotional distress, reduced mobility, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, home-care expenses, and loss of enjoyment of life.
Property-related damages may include furniture replacement, structural repairs, cleanup costs, smoke remediation, insurance deductibles, and temporary housing. Fatal incidents may support wrongful death claims under applicable state law.
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 HOUSEWISE or Houswise model, purchase source, burner style, fuel used, incident sequence, injuries, and property damage.
Step 2: Investigation. Preserve the fire pit, burner, ceramic insert, fuel bottle, packaging, instructions, order confirmation, seller page, photographs, medical records, and damaged property.
Step 3: Filing. A supported claim may allege defective design, inadequate warnings, negligence, breach of warranty, retailer liability, or marketplace liability under applicable law.
Step 4: Discovery and negotiation. The parties may exchange product specifications, testing records, retailer records, warnings, medical evidence, fire reports, photographs, and expert opinions.
Step 5: Resolution. The matter may conclude through settlement, dismissal, court ruling, or trial based on product proof, defect evidence, available defendants, documented damages, and applicable defenses.
Frequently Asked Questions About HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuits
Is there a HOUSEWISE fire pit recall?
No public CPSC recall or product-specific safety warning involving HOUSEWISE or Houswise fire pits has been announced. A recall is not required for an injured consumer to request an individual product liability review.
What risks may support a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuit?
A claim may involve flame jetting, fuel spillover, an uncontrolled pool fire, retained heat, inadequate warnings, ceramic-wool hazards, or an unstable tabletop setup. Whether those facts support a lawsuit depends on the evidence, injuries, available defendants, and applicable law.
What fuel do HOUSEWISE tabletop fire pits use?
Houswise says its fire pits are designed for bioethanol or isopropyl alcohol. The exact fuel container should be preserved after an incident because its composition, nozzle, warnings, and remaining contents may be relevant evidence.
Can a concrete fire pit still create a fuel-spill hazard?
Yes. A concrete body may hold the burner in place, but it does not necessarily contain spilled burning alcohol. Fuel can still overflow, spread across a tabletop, ignite nearby items, or burn clothing.
Why are small tabletop fire pits risky indoors?
Indoor use can place a real flame near curtains, rugs, furniture, paper, electronics, pets, and children. If alcohol fuel spills or ignites unexpectedly, the fire may spread faster than users expect.
Can a guest bring a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuit?
Possibly. A guest or bystander may request legal review even if another person purchased, fueled, or lit the fire pit. Witness statements, photographs, purchase records, and the preserved product may help establish what occurred.
What evidence should be saved after a HOUSEWISE fire pit accident?
Save the fire pit, burner, ceramic material, fuel bottle, packaging, instructions, online listing, receipt, photographs, videos, burned clothing, medical records, fire reports, and damaged property. Do not clean, test, refill, repair, or discard the product unless immediate safety requires it.
How can a legal review help with a HOUSEWISE Fire Pit Injury Lawsuit?
A legal review can examine product identity, possible defects, warnings, sellers, medical causation, damages, insurance, and filing deadlines. It can also help determine which physical and digital evidence should be preserved.
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/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.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Colsen-Recalls-Fire-Pits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Spreading-Hazards
- https://houswise.com/products/altair-tabletop-fire-pit
- https://houswise.com/pages/faq
- https://houswise.com/products/ethanol-fireplace-fuel-3-pack
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2026/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-Houswise-Tabletop-Fire-Pits-Immediately-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-or-Death-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards