@Brown5500@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoTrader Joe's recalls 653,000 scented candles due to fire hazardwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down12
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkTrader Joe's recalls 653,000 scented candles due to fire hazardwww.nbcnews.com@Brown5500@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-square@PineRune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish35•edit-28 months agoUhh… isn’t that the point of candles? To burn? Well, these ones can spread the flame from the wick directly to the wax, which would pose a larger than normal fire hazard for a candle.
minus-square@Hellinabucket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish45•8 months ago In a release on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website posted Thursday, Trader Joe’s said the flame on its Mango Tangerine candles can spread from the wick to the wax, causing a larger than expected flame Yeah but not like that.
minus-squareIndescribablySad@threads.netlinkfedilinkEnglish13•8 months agoNote to self, test melted wax for flammability when buying a new brand
minus-square@5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish9•8 months agoI can image no scenario at all were this could go horribly wrong terribly fast.
Uhh… isn’t that the point of candles? To burn?
Well, these ones can spread the flame from the wick directly to the wax, which would pose a larger than normal fire hazard for a candle.
Yeah but not like that.
Note to self, test melted wax for flammability when buying a new brand
I can image no scenario at all were this could go horribly wrong terribly fast.