FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 1998
Release # 98-152
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Company Phone Number: (610) 370-3912
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Yolanda Fultz-Morris, (301) 504-7066
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CPSC, Boscov's Department Stores Announce Recall of Christmas
Windmills
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC), Boscov's Department Store Inc., of
Reading, Pa., is recalling approximately 19,000
Christmas windmills with candles. The candles are too close to
the wooden structure of the windmill, and can cause the product
to catch on fire.
Boscov's stores report one incident where the windmill
caught on fire. No injuries were reported.
The windmill decoration is an "A" framed windmill building
structure with a nativity scene on a turntable. It is pine, with
a green roof and red trim. The fans of the windmill are printed
with red stars. Candles are positioned in the four corners, which
when lit, are designed to generate heat to turn the fan. The
decoration comes in a mostly red box with a photo of the
decoration on the front and back. The box includes the words,
"14" H Pine Wooden
Windmill. . . MADE IN CHINA."
Boscov's stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware and New York sold the windmill decorations between
September 1996 and July 1998. The windmills were a promotional
item sold for about $3 with a $10 purchase.
Consumers should stop using this product immediately, and
return it to any Boscov's store for a refund. For more
information, contact Boscov's at (610) 370-3912 between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday, or write to Boscov's, 4500
Perkiomen Ave., Reading, PA 19606.
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