{"id":282992,"date":"2025-11-14T17:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/282992\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:22:16","slug":"recall-devices-sold-in-canada-pose-fire-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/282992\/","title":{"rendered":"RECALL: Devices sold in Canada pose fire hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Certain power banks that were sold in Canada have been recalled because they pose a fire hazard, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe portable wireless battery charger\u2019s lithium-ion cell component may overheat, which could pose a fire hazard to consumers,\u201d Health Canada said in a notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of Nov. 12, 2025, the company has received no reports of incidents or injuries in Canada, and one incident was received in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were 1,913 of the power banks sold in Canada from August 2020 to October of this year; 46,160 were sold in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The affected product is the Belkin Boost Charge USB-C PD Power Bank 20K with the model number BPB002, Health Canada said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-101331.png\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-101331.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-772493\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tCredit: Health Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Consumers were advised to \u201cimmediately stop using\u201d the power banks and \u201csafely dispose of the product in such a way that the product cannot be used again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContact your municipality for instructions on how to safely transport and dispose of lithium-ion batteries,\u201d Health Canada said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBatteries are considered hazardous waste. Do not place them in household garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Product images via Health Canada<\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 60,943 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,024,576 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    124 VOTES<br \/>\n    Are you worried about traffic safety now that speed cameras are banned?    <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 SHOPPING SPREE!<\/p>\n<p>By subscribing to INsauga daily newsletters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Certain power banks that were sold in Canada have been recalled because they pose a fire hazard, officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-282992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}