One marketplace record identifies the STAVOZE tabletop fire pit as model CH20-0261 and describes it as a portable concrete mini fireplace and rubbing-alcohol burner. Fuel handling, refilling, residual flame, spills, burner temperature, and proximity to children or combustible materials may become important after a serious accident.
The CPSC recalls and warnings discussed below involve other manufacturers or the broader liquid-fuel category unless specifically stated otherwise. Anyone injured should preserve the STAVOZE fire pit, burner, fuel bottle, accessories, instructions, purchase records, photographs, and medical documentation when safe to do so.
Quick Facts
- STAVOZE is specifically listed among tabletop fire pit brands being reviewed in a nationwide burn-injury investigation.
- Marketplace records identify model CH20-0261 as a concrete tabletop fire pit designed to burn rubbing alcohol.
- The cited STAVOZE product is marketed as portable and suitable for indoor or outdoor use and s’mores.
- Potential claims may depend on refilling, fuel containment, flame visibility, warnings, injuries, damages, and preserved evidence.
Table Of Contents
- Latest STAVOZE Fire Pit Legal and Safety Developments
- What Is a STAVOZE Fire Pit?
- What Fuel Does the STAVOZE Fire Pit Use?
- Why Can Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits Be Dangerous?
- What Is Flame Jetting?
- How Can an Uncontrolled Pool Fire Develop?
- Why the Concrete Design May Matter
- Why S’mores Use May Increase Exposure
- Why Refilling May Be Important
- Other Alcohol Fire Pit Recalls and Warnings
- Why the Colsen Recall Is Relevant but Different
- What Injuries Can Tabletop Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
- How May a STAVOZE Fire Pit Accident Occur?
- Who May Be Affected?
- Who May Be Liable?
- What Is the Current STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit Status?
- Do I Qualify?
- What Evidence Should I Preserve?
- Why Product Identification Matters
- Do I Have a STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- Important Legal Actions or Recalls
- Potential Compensation
- Legal Process Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions About STAVOZE Fire Pits
- Do I Have a STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- What Evidence May Support a STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit?
- What Fuel Does the STAVOZE Fire Pit Use?
- What Is STAVOZE Model CH20-0261?
- Is the STAVOZE Fire Pit Designed for S’mores?
- What Is Flame Jetting?
- Have Similar Alcohol Fire Pits Been Recalled?
- What Should I Do After a STAVOZE Fire Pit Accident?
- References
Latest STAVOZE Fire Pit Legal and Safety Developments
July 2026
- July 16, 2026 – CPSC warned consumers to immediately stop using Houswise Tabletop Fire Pits because spilled or pooled 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; the warning concerns Houswise products rather than STAVOZE [1]
April 2026
- April 29, 2026 – Attorneys investigating tabletop fire pit burn injuries reported that they were reviewing products from numerous manufacturers and specifically listed STAVOZE among the brands under investigation. The investigation does not establish that a STAVOZE product is defective or that any manufacturer, seller, or retailer is legally liable [2]
December 2024
- December 19, 2024 – CPSC warned consumers about certain alcohol and other liquid-burning fire pits that require 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 STAVOZE Fire Pit?
Available product records identify STAVOZE as a brand used for compact tabletop fire pits designed to produce a real flame on a table, patio, balcony, or similar setting.
A marketplace listing identifies the product as a STAVOZE Tabletop Fire Pit Bowl with S’mores Sticks, model CH20-0261. The listing describes a concrete mini fireplace intended for indoor or outdoor use and identifies rubbing alcohol as the fuel source [4]
A separate Ubuy listing likewise describes the STAVOZE fire pit as lightweight, portable, and suitable for s’mores and tabletop use [5]
What Fuel Does the STAVOZE Fire Pit Use?
The cited STAVOZE listings identify rubbing alcohol as the intended fuel for the tabletop burner.
That fuel-system detail is important because CPSC’s broader warnings focus on certain products that burn pooled alcohol or similar liquid fuel in open containers.
The actual concentration, amount, bottle, fill level, and burner condition involved in an accident should be confirmed from the physical evidence rather than assumed from a marketplace description.
Why Can Alcohol-Burning Tabletop Fire Pits Be Dangerous?
Liquid alcohol is highly flammable and can continue burning after it spills outside the intended burner or reservoir.
A small tabletop fire pit also places open flame close to hands, sleeves, furniture, food, paper products, cushions, children, and other combustible materials.
CPSC has identified flame jetting and uncontrolled pool fires as especially serious hazards involving certain open-container alcohol fire pits.
What Is Flame Jetting?
Flame jetting can occur when fresh liquid alcohol is poured near a burner while a flame remains present.
Alcohol flames may be faint or difficult to see, and ignition can travel toward vapor near the fuel container, suddenly projecting flame or burning liquid toward the person refilling the product or nearby bystanders.
Whether a STAVOZE accident involved flame jetting must be determined from the specific burner, fuel, refilling sequence, witness accounts, and physical evidence.
How Can an Uncontrolled Pool Fire Develop?
A pool fire can develop when liquid alcohol spills, leaks, splashes, or overflows outside the burner and continues burning across another surface.
Burning fuel may move across a tabletop, counter, floor, rug, clothing, cushions, furniture, or other combustible material.
A concrete fire-pit body does not necessarily contain liquid after it has escaped the intended combustion area.
Why the Concrete Design May Matter
The STAVOZE product record describes a concrete tabletop fire pit bowl.
Concrete may provide weight and heat resistance, but it does not eliminate hazards involving liquid fuel, open flame, a hot burner, or spilled alcohol.
After an accident, investigators may examine the bowl for cracking, scorching, fuel residue, instability, or evidence that flame or liquid escaped beyond the intended burner area.
Why S’mores Use May Increase Exposure
The cited STAVOZE product is marketed with s’mores sticks and for use as a s’mores maker.
This activity can position adults, children, guests, food, roasting sticks, and other objects close to the flame.
Photographs or videos from a gathering may help establish fire-pit placement, seating positions, fuel-container location, and the conditions immediately before an incident.
Why Refilling May Be Important
Refilling is one of the most important accident mechanisms in alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits.
If a consumer adds fuel while a small flame remains, the fresh alcohol may ignite suddenly and send flame or burning liquid toward the person holding the bottle.
The original fuel container should therefore be preserved because its opening, cap, nozzle, concentration, and remaining contents may help reconstruct the event.
Other Alcohol Fire Pit Recalls and Warnings
CPSC has taken action involving other alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits after severe burn incidents. Those actions provide safety context but should not be attributed to STAVOZE.
In October 2024, CPSC recalled about 89,500 Colsen fire pits after receiving 31 reports involving flame jetting or flames escaping their containers. Nineteen burn injuries were reported, including serious third-degree burns and incidents involving surgery, prolonged treatment, loss of function, or permanent disfigurement [6]
CPSC’s later Houswise warning likewise involved uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting. Neither action establishes that STAVOZE products share the same design or alleged defect.
Why the Colsen Recall Is Relevant but Different
Colsen’s recalled products were alcohol-burning fire pits that were associated with documented flame-jetting and spreading-fire incidents.
STAVOZE product records also identify rubbing alcohol as fuel, making the general spill and refilling mechanisms relevant to a broader safety analysis.
However, Colsen incidents are not STAVOZE incidents. Differences in burner design, fuel capacity, dimensions, instructions, materials, and accessories may materially affect causation.
What Injuries Can Tabletop Fire Pit Accidents Cause?
Alcohol-fire accidents can cause thermal burns when flame or burning liquid contacts skin, clothing, or surrounding property.
Serious injuries may require emergency treatment, hospitalization, burn-center care, surgery, skin grafting, rehabilitation, scar treatment, or other medical care.
The severity and cause of a STAVOZE-related injury should be established through medical records and incident evidence rather than inferred from another manufacturer’s recall.
How May a STAVOZE Fire Pit Accident Occur?
A potential accident may involve refilling near a remaining flame, spilled rubbing alcohol, overfilling, direct flame contact, a hot burner, instability, or ignition of nearby combustible materials.
The actual mechanism should be reconstructed from the fire pit, fuel bottle, accessories, 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 STAVOZE 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 alcohol 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 business 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 available under applicable law.
The attorney investigation and CPSC actions involving other brands do not establish liability for STAVOZE. Product identity, alleged defect, warnings, causation, injuries, damages, and governing law must be evaluated individually.
What Is the Current STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit Status?
An April 2026 attorney-investigation page specifically lists STAVOZE 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 STAVOZE fire pit is defective.
Any individual claim still requires evidence identifying the 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 STAVOZE tabletop fire pit?
- Did the incident involve rubbing-alcohol 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, fuel bottle, accessories, packaging, order 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 STAVOZE fire pit, burner, concrete housing, roasting sticks, fuel bottle, packaging, instructions, labels, and damaged components whenever safe to do so.
Save marketplace order records, receipts, product screenshots, photographs, videos, fire reports, medical records, witness information, and property-damage documentation.
Why Product Identification Matters
Marketplace listings can change or disappear, making the physical product and purchase history especially important.
For the documented product, useful identifiers include the STAVOZE brand name, model CH20-0261, concrete bowl construction, rubbing-alcohol fuel, and s’mores-stick accessories.
Photographs, packaging, seller records, and order histories can help establish which product was involved.
Do I Have a STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit?
If you or a loved one suffered serious burns involving a STAVOZE 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 alcohol products |
| STAVOZE claims investigation | April 2026 | Attorney investigation | Claims under review | Top Class Actions | STAVOZE 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 case.
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 STAVOZE product, fuel used, purchase source, accident sequence, injuries, property damage, and available evidence.
Investigation. Attorneys may examine the fire pit, burner, fuel container, accessories, 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, seller records, 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 STAVOZE Fire Pits
Do I Have a STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit?
A potential claim may warrant review if a STAVOZE 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 STAVOZE Fire Pit Lawsuit?
Evidence may include the fire pit, burner, rubbing-alcohol bottle, roasting sticks, packaging, instructions, order records, photographs, medical documentation, and witness statements. Preserving the original fuel container may also help establish the fuel involved.
What Fuel Does the STAVOZE Fire Pit Use?
Available marketplace records identify rubbing alcohol as the fuel for the documented STAVOZE tabletop fire pit. The actual fuel concentration used in an incident should be confirmed from the physical container or purchase record.
What Is STAVOZE Model CH20-0261?
A marketplace listing identifies CH20-0261 as a concrete tabletop fire pit bowl intended for indoor or outdoor decorative use and s’mores. The same listing describes it as a portable rubbing-alcohol burner.
Is the STAVOZE Fire Pit Designed for S’mores?
Yes. Product listings market the tabletop fire pit with s’mores sticks and describe it as a s’mores maker. That use can place consumers and roasting accessories close to the open flame.
What Is Flame Jetting?
Flame jetting can occur when liquid alcohol is added while a flame remains in or near a 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 involving flame jetting or escaping flames resulted in 19 burn injuries. Those incidents involved Colsen products and should not be attributed to STAVOZE.
What Should I Do After a STAVOZE 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.mercadolibre.com.co/fogon-de-mesa-con-palitos-para-smores-portatil-y-sin-humo/up/MCOU2901456720
- https://www.ubuy.pe/en/product/LZYIZQKXE-tabletop-fire-pit-bowl-with-smores-sticks-concrete-mini-fireplace-indoor-outdoor-d
- https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Colsen-Recalls-Fire-Pits-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Spreading-Hazards