About Ciekope Fire Pits
Ciekope sells a concrete-body tabletop fire pit bowl marketed as a portable, smokeless, indoor and outdoor fireplace. The product burns rubbing alcohol — standard isopropyl alcohol found at any drug store — and has been listed on major retail platforms including Amazon and Sears.
The product’s rubbing alcohol fuel is part of what makes it appealing: it’s cheap, widely available, and produces a clean-burning, odorless flame with no ash or smoke. It is also the same fuel that has sent dozens of consumers to emergency rooms and killed at least two people when the nearly invisible flame ignited refueling attempts.
The Problem Isn’t the User — It’s the Design
When tabletop fire pit manufacturers and their attorneys respond to burn injury lawsuits, their first argument is almost always some version of user error — the consumer added fuel while the fire was still burning, or failed to wait long enough after extinguishing it. That argument falls apart under scrutiny because it assumes the consumer could tell whether the fire was still burning.
They often cannot. Rubbing alcohol — the fuel Ciekope specifies — burns with a flame that is nearly colorless and nearly invisible, particularly in daylight or well-lit indoor environments [1]. A consumer who cannot see the flame is not making a mistake by refueling — they are doing exactly what the product’s design invites them to do, with predictable and devastating consequences.
What Regulators Determined
In December 2024, the CPSC issued a consumer alert declaring alcohol-burning tabletop fire pits “extremely dangerous” and linking them to two deaths and at least 60 injuries since 2019 [1]. The CPSC found that fire pits requiring users to pour isopropyl alcohol into an open container and ignite it in the same location violate voluntary safety standard ASTM F3363-19, which was specifically written to prevent pool fires and flame jetting.
The agency did not carve out exceptions for concrete construction, smaller bowl sizes, or products marketed for indoor use. The hazard is in the fuel and the fueling mechanism — and Ciekope’s product uses both.
Why Isopropyl Alcohol Makes This Worse
Isopropyl alcohol is sold in ordinary plastic bottles without flame arrestors — the safety devices that prevent flames from traveling back into a fuel container. Since July 2023, the CPSC has required flame arrestors on gas cans and other portable fuel containers precisely because of flashback ignition risk. Rubbing alcohol bottles have no such protection.
That gap means a consumer who pours rubbing alcohol near an unseen residual flame is not just at risk of a pool fire at the fire pit — they are potentially holding a bottle that can become a blowtorch, propelling burning fuel outward in a sudden, violent jet that can engulf a person in under one second.
Can I File a Lawsuit?
Consumers who were burned while using a Ciekope tabletop fire pit — whether from an uncontrolled pool fire or a flame jetting explosion — may have significant legal options against the manufacturer, seller, or retailer. A class action lawsuit could allow affected consumers to seek compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, permanent scarring or disfigurement, lost wages, and other related losses. Contact an attorney promptly to have your case evaluated.
References
1. https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2025/Consumer-Alert-Stop-Using-Alcohol-or-Other-Liquid-Burning-Fire-Pits-That-Violate-Voluntary-Standards-and-Present-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards-Two-Deaths-and-Dozens-of-Serious-Burn-Injuries-Reported