Alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits can expose consumers to spilled fuel, faint remaining flames, hot components, and dangerous refueling conditions. Federal regulators warn that certain open-container liquid-fuel fire pits can cause uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting capable of producing severe or fatal burns.
The CPSC actions discussed below involve other manufacturers or the broader liquid-fuel category unless expressly stated otherwise. Anyone injured should preserve the Samsonico fire pit, fuel container, extinguisher, packaging, purchase records, photographs, and medical documentation.
Quick Facts
- Samsonico is specifically listed among tabletop fire pit brands being reviewed in a nationwide burn-injury investigation.
- Kohl’s identifies Samsonico style SM-60010 as a compact concrete tabletop fire pit designed to burn ethanol.
- A related Samsonico listing specifies 70% ethanol and advertises up to about one hour of smokeless burning.
- Potential claims may depend on refilling, fuel containment, warnings, injuries, damages, and preserved evidence.
Table Of Contents
- Latest Samsonico Fire Pit Legal and Safety Developments
- What Is a Samsonico Fire Pit?
- What Fuel Does a Samsonico Fire Pit Use?
- Why the Fuel System Matters
- Why Can Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits Be Dangerous?
- What Is Flame Jetting?
- How Can an Uncontrolled Pool Fire Develop?
- Why the Extinguisher and Base May Matter
- Why Burn Time May Matter
- Other Tabletop Fire Pit Recalls and Warnings
- Why the Colsen Recall Is Relevant but Different
- What Injuries Can Tabletop Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
- How May a Samsonico Fire Pit Accident Occur?
- Who May Be Affected?
- Who May Be Liable?
- What Is the Current Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit Status?
- Do I Qualify?
- What Evidence Should I Preserve?
- Why Product Identification Matters
- Do I Have a Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About Samsonico Fire Pits
- Do I Have a Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- What Evidence May Support a Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- What Fuel Does a Samsonico Fire Pit Use?
- What Is Samsonico Style SM-60010?
- How Long Can a Samsonico Tabletop Fire Pit Burn?
- What Is Flame Jetting?
- Have Similar Alcohol Fire Pits Been Recalled?
- What Should I Do After a Samsonico Fire Pit Accident?
- References
Latest Samsonico Fire Pit Legal and Safety Developments
July 2026
- July 16, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to immediately stop using Houswise Tabletop Fire Pits because pooled or spilled alcohol can create uncontrolled pool fires and refilling can cause flame jetting. CPSC reported more than two dozen incidents and seven injuries, including third-degree burns; this warning concerns Houswise products rather than Samsonico [1]
April 2026
- April 29, 2026 – Attorneys investigating tabletop fire pit burn injuries reported that they were reviewing individual claims nationwide and specifically listed Samsonico among the brands under investigation. The investigation does not establish that a Samsonico product is defective or that a manufacturer, seller, or retailer is legally liable [2]
December 2024
- December 19, 2024 – CPSC warned consumers against certain fire pits that require isopropyl alcohol or another liquid fuel to be poured into an open container and ignited where it pools. The agency reported two deaths and at least 60 injuries involving hazardous products in this category since 2019 [3]
What Is a Samsonico Fire Pit?
Samsonico sells compact tabletop fire pits intended to create a decorative open flame on tables, patios, and other small gathering spaces.
Kohl’s identifies the Samsonico Mini Tabletop Bonfire, style SM-60010, as a crack-resistant concrete fire pit with a metal extinguisher and heat-resistant base. The product measures approximately 5.31 inches high by 6.1 inches wide by 6.1 inches deep and weighs about 3.15 pounds [4]
Kohl’s lists cement and stainless steel among the materials used in that model.
What Fuel Does a Samsonico Fire Pit Use?
Kohl’s instructs consumers to fill the Samsonico Mini Tabletop Bonfire with ethanol before lighting it.
A related Samsonico Mini Smokeless Tabletop Bonfire listing specifically directs users to fill the fire pit with 70% ethanol and advertises up to approximately one hour of smokeless fire. That listing also identifies a concrete pit, metal extinguisher, and heat-resistant base [5]
The actual fuel bottle, concentration, fill level, instructions, and burner condition should be preserved after an accident because those details may affect causation.
Why the Fuel System Matters
The documented use of ethanol gives Samsonico products a direct connection to the broader liquid-alcohol fire-pit hazards identified by CPSC.
That does not mean a Samsonico model has the same burner design or defect involved in another manufacturer’s recall. It does mean that investigators may need to evaluate fuel containment, refilling, flame visibility, and extinguishing instructions.
The specific Samsonico model involved should be identified before drawing conclusions about how an accident occurred.
Why Can Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits Be Dangerous?
Liquid alcohol is highly flammable and can continue burning if it spills outside the intended burner.
A small tabletop fire pit can place open flame close to hands, clothing, food, furniture, paper products, cushions, and other combustible materials.
CPSC has identified uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting during refilling as particularly serious hazards involving certain open-container alcohol-burning fire pits.
What Is Flame Jetting?
Flame jetting can occur when liquid alcohol is poured near a burner while a flame remains present. Alcohol flames may be faint and difficult to see, particularly in bright conditions.
The flame can ignite vapor near or inside the fuel container and suddenly propel flame or burning liquid toward the person pouring the fuel or nearby bystanders.
For a Samsonico incident, investigators may examine whether refilling occurred, whether a flame remained, what ethanol concentration was used, and where the fuel bottle was positioned.
How Can an Uncontrolled Pool Fire Develop?
A pool fire can occur when liquid ethanol spills, leaks, splashes, or overflows outside the designated burning area.
Burning fuel can spread across a tabletop, floor, rug, clothing, furniture, cushions, or other combustible materials.
A concrete housing or heat-resistant base does not necessarily prevent burning liquid from spreading after fuel escapes the burner.
Why the Extinguisher and Base May Matter
Samsonico listings include a metal extinguisher and heat-resistant base.
The extinguisher may be relevant to whether the flame was intentionally put out before the product was moved or refueled. Investigators may also examine whether the burner had cooled before additional ethanol was added.
The base may reduce heat transfer to the supporting surface, but it does not eliminate hazards involving spilled fuel or direct flame.
Why Burn Time May Matter
One Samsonico listing advertises up to approximately one hour of burning with 70% ethanol.
Advertised burn time can affect whether a consumer expects to add fuel during a gathering or assumes the fire has extinguished after a certain period.
Burn duration alone does not establish a defect, but operating time, fuel quantity, and refill timing may help reconstruct an accident.
Other Tabletop Fire Pit Recalls and Warnings
CPSC has taken action involving other alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits after reports of serious burns. Those incidents provide safety context but should not be attributed to Samsonico.
In October 2024, CPSC recalled about 89,500 Colsen fire pits after receiving 31 reports of flame jetting or flames escaping their concrete containers. Nineteen burn injuries were reported, including severe third-degree burns and incidents involving surgery, prolonged treatment, loss of function, or permanent disfigurement [6]
CPSC’s broader December 2024 warning and its July 2026 Houswise action reinforce concerns involving liquid-fuel containment, pooled alcohol, and refilling near a flame.
Why the Colsen Recall Is Relevant but Different
Colsen’s recalled products were complete concrete fire pits designed to contain burning liquid alcohol.
Samsonico also sells documented concrete ethanol-burning tabletop products, so the general refilling and spill mechanisms are relevant to a safety analysis.
However, Colsen incidents are not Samsonico incidents. Burner dimensions, fuel capacity, instructions, extinguishing systems, and other design features may differ.
What Injuries Can Tabletop Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
Alcohol-fire accidents can cause thermal burns when flame or burning liquid reaches skin, clothing, or surrounding property.
Serious cases may require emergency treatment, hospitalization, burn-center care, surgery, skin grafting, rehabilitation, scar treatment, or other medical care.
The severity and cause of a Samsonico-related injury should be established through medical records and incident evidence rather than inferred from another manufacturer’s recall.
How May a Samsonico Fire Pit Accident Occur?
A potential incident may involve spilled ethanol, refilling near a remaining flame, overfilling, direct flame contact, a hot burner, instability, or ignition of nearby combustible material.
The actual mechanism should be reconstructed from the physical fire pit, fuel bottle, extinguisher, instructions, photographs, witness accounts, and fire or burn patterns.
Who May Be Affected?
Potentially affected people include consumers injured while filling, lighting, using, refilling, extinguishing, moving, or sitting near a Samsonico tabletop fire pit.
The injured person does not need to own or operate the product. Guests, children, relatives, neighbors, and other bystanders may also be exposed if flame or burning ethanol escapes the burner.
Property owners may experience losses involving furniture, floors, patios, rugs, clothing, electronics, or nearby structures.
Who May Be Liable?
Potentially responsible parties may include a manufacturer, importer, distributor, retailer, marketplace seller, component supplier, fuel supplier, or another entity involved in placing the product into commerce.
Possible claims may involve defective design, manufacturing defects, inadequate warnings or instructions, negligence, breach of warranty, or other theories permitted under applicable law.
The attorney investigation and CPSC actions involving other brands do not establish liability for Samsonico. Product identity, alleged defect, warnings, causation, injuries, damages, and governing law must be evaluated individually.
What Is the Current Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit Status?
An April 2026 attorney-investigation page specifically lists Samsonico among tabletop fire pit brands being reviewed for burn-injury claims.
An attorney investigation is not a court judgment, certified class action, settlement, CPSC recall, or finding that a Samsonico fire pit is defective.
Any individual claim still requires evidence identifying the Samsonico product, fuel system, accident mechanism, alleged defect, injuries, and damages.
Do I Qualify?
- Were you or a loved one seriously burned while using or sitting near a Samsonico tabletop fire pit?
- Did the incident involve ethanol refueling, spilled fuel, a remaining flame, hot components, flame jetting, or spreading fire?
- Did you require emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, skin grafting, burn-center care, or other significant medical treatment?
- Do you have the fire pit, ethanol container, extinguisher, packaging, purchase records, photographs, or medical documentation?
An individualized legal review can determine whether product identification, accident mechanism, causation, damages, available evidence, potential defendants, and filing deadlines support a claim.
What Evidence Should I Preserve?
Preserve the Samsonico fire pit, burner, concrete housing, metal extinguisher, heat-resistant base, fuel bottle, packaging, instructions, labels, and damaged components whenever safe to do so.
Save retailer receipts, order histories, product screenshots, photographs, videos, seller communications, medical records, fire reports, witness information, and property-damage documentation.
Why Product Identification Matters
Samsonico has more than one documented tabletop bonfire listing, so the physical product and purchase record should establish the exact configuration involved.
For the Mini Tabletop Bonfire, a useful identifier is style number SM-60010. A related Mini Smokeless Tabletop Bonfire listing separately identifies 70% ethanol as the fuel.
Do I Have a Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one suffered serious burns involving a Samsonico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houswise fire pit warning | July 2026 | Consumer safety warning | Immediate stop-use | CPSC | Comparable liquid-fuel products |
| Samsonico claims investigation | April 2026 | Attorney investigation | Claims under review | Top Class Actions | Samsonico specifically listed |
| Liquid-fire-pit alert | December 2024 | Consumer safety alert | Category-wide warning | CPSC | Two deaths reported |
| Colsen fire pit recall | October 2024 | Consumer product recall | Disposal remedy | CPSC | 19 burn injuries |
Potential Compensation
Potential compensation may include emergency treatment, hospitalization, burn-center care, surgery, skin grafting, medication, rehabilitation, scar treatment, and future medical expenses supported by an individual claim.
Additional damages may include lost wages, reduced earning capacity, pain and suffering, permanent scarring, disfigurement, property damage, and other losses available under 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 Samsonico model, fuel used, purchase source, accident sequence, injuries, property damage, and available evidence.
Investigation. Attorneys may examine the fire pit, burner, extinguisher, fuel container, instructions, purchase records, photographs, medical evidence, and witness accounts.
Filing. A lawsuit may be filed when available evidence and governing law support one or more claims. Filing deadlines vary by jurisdiction.
Discovery/negotiation: The parties may exchange product-design materials, warning information, testing records, sales documents, medical evidence, expert opinions, photographs, 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 Samsonico Fire Pits
Do I Have a Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit?
A potential claim may warrant review if a Samsonico tabletop fire pit was involved in a documented burn or spreading-fire accident. Eligibility depends on product identification, causation, damages, available evidence, and applicable law.
What Evidence May Support a Samsonico Fire Pit Lawsuit?
Evidence may include the fire pit, burner, ethanol bottle, extinguisher, packaging, instructions, retailer records, photographs, medical documentation, and witness statements. Preserving the original fuel container may also help establish the fuel involved.
What Fuel Does a Samsonico Fire Pit Use?
Kohl’s identifies ethanol as the fuel for the Samsonico Mini Tabletop Bonfire. A related Samsonico Mini Smokeless Tabletop Bonfire listing specifically calls for 70% ethanol.
What Is Samsonico Style SM-60010?
Kohl’s identifies SM-60010 as a compact concrete tabletop bonfire measuring about 5.31 by 6.1 by 6.1 inches. It includes a metal extinguisher and heat-resistant base.
How Long Can a Samsonico Tabletop Fire Pit Burn?
One Samsonico listing advertises up to approximately one hour of burning with 70% ethanol. Actual duration can vary with fuel quantity, conditions, and product configuration.
What Is Flame Jetting?
Flame jetting can occur when liquid alcohol is added while a flame remains in or near the burner. Ignition may travel toward the fuel container and project flame or burning liquid toward consumers or bystanders.
Have Similar Alcohol Fire Pits Been Recalled?
Yes. CPSC recalled about 89,500 Colsen fire pits after 31 reports of flame jetting or escaping flames resulted in 19 burn injuries. Those incidents involved Colsen products and should not be attributed to Samsonico.
What Should I Do After a Samsonico Fire Pit Accident?
Seek appropriate medical treatment and preserve the product when safe to do so. Photograph the fire pit, fuel container, injuries, surrounding damage, packaging, and purchase information.
References
- 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
- https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/tabletop-fire-pit-burn-injury-lawsuit/
- 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.kohls.com/product/prd-7096573/samsonico-mini-tabletop-bonfire.jsp
- https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-6705237/samsonico-mini-smokeless-tabletop-bonfire.jsp
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Colsen-Recalls-Fire-Pits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Spreading-Hazards