Seventeen reports of fire. Three cases of property damage. One burned hand. On that record, federal regulators recalled DREO’s DR-HSH015 space heater in October 2026, telling anyone who bought one in the past year to stop using it at once. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the notice.
The black ceramic heater was sold from September 2025 into October 2026 at between $70 and $110, according to ABC27. How many units are affected depends on the outlet. Boston 25 News put it at more than 375,000 across the United States and Canada; ABC27 gave approximately 338,800. DREO has not said where or when the 17 incidents happened.
The mechanics of the fix
The remedy is revealing. Owners must unplug the heater, cut off its electrical cord, photograph the severed cord for DREO, and only then receive a free replacement. The step keeps recalled units from drifting back into circulation or being resold. Owners can find the manufacture date, in a year and month format, on the underside of the unit. DREO sells several space heater models, and only this model carries the fire risk found so far.
The cost of a recall lands partly on whoever is left holding the product. The CPSC’s announcements read as a list of chores for consumers, from writing “RECALLED” in permanent marker on a dresser to photographing a dismantled one.
A second notice
Some recalls come back. The CPSC and Casely reissued a recall covering 430,000 of the company’s power banks, 5000mAh MagSafe wireless phone chargers with model number E33A, retailed online from March 2022 to September 2024 at $30 to $70. The first notice went out in April 2025, when Casely said it had received 51 reports of the lithium-ion batteries overheating, expanding or catching fire, including six minor burn injuries.
In the year since, 28 more complaints arrived. Two stand out. In August 2024 a 75-year-old woman in New Jersey had the power bank in her lap while she charged her phone, and it burst into flames and exploded; she was left with second and third-degree burns and died of complications afterward. In February 2026, a 47-year-old woman charging her phone on a plane was left with first-degree burns after the power bank “caught on fire and exploded,” according to the CPSC.
The agency warns against putting recalled lithium-ion batteries in the trash, in curbside recycling, or in the battery boxes found at retail and home improvement stores. Call your household hazardous waste center first and ask whether it takes them.
Those are two of many. The CPSC’s latest round covers products as varied as coffee makers, nursing pillows, mattresses and dressers. Bodum USA recalled 5.9 million French press coffee makers, the kind with a replaceable glass carafe, because a damaged or cracked carafe can break in use, which can happen when someone stirs with a metal spoon. The fix is a plastic stirring spoon and a warning label.
Sources
- DREO Recalls 375,000 Space Heaters After 17 Reports of Units Catching Fire (Hoodline)
- After Woman's Death From Exploding Charger, Power Banks Recalled for Second Time (Gizmodo)
- CPSC announces recalls of coffee makers, space heaters, nursing pillows and other products (WRNJ Radio)
