Portable Phone Chargers Recalled Again, After Reports of Burn Injuries, 1 Death

Lithium-ion battery in 429,000 devices can ‘overheat and ignite, posing risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards,’ officials, company say.

An image of the recalled Casely Wireless Portable Power Bank. CPSC

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and a New York company announced again the recall of portable phone chargers sold through Amazon after the devices were found to have overheated and caught on fire, resulting in an at least one death and reports of minor burn injuries.

The products under recall are Casely Wireless Portable Power Banks (Model E33A), made by Brooklyn-based Casely, because the lithium-ion battery in the devices can “overheat and ignite, posing risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards to consumers,” according to the CPSC and Casely.