Recalled fire extinguisher balls have risk of serious injury, death

Safety officials on Thursday warned a recall of fire extinguisher balls is a matter of life or death.

5 On Your Side found several types of fire extinguisher balls being sold on Amazon.com claim to put out small fires in seconds, even activating automatically if you’re not around.

However, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says these products can fail and don’t have standard safety features that come on a typical fire extinguisher.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is telling people to hand the balls over to a local fire department or hazardous waste disposal facility.

The brands included in the recall are LVYXON, TATTCHINE, ARMYJY, PETSTIBLE, HelloPharma, Vixuiyz, and JHEUAYK fire extinguisher balls sold on Amazon.com.

The CPSC says you should only buy fire extinguishers that meet both the UL 299 and UL 711 safety standards and are marked with those certifications.