imasay Fire Pits and the Hazard They Share
imasay sells tabletop fire pits through Amazon and similar online platforms, offering products that burn liquid alcohol — isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, or similar fuels — in an open reservoir to produce a decorative flame. The products are marketed as smokeless and suitable for indoor and outdoor settings, a description shared by dozens of competing brands that are now the subject of burn injury lawsuits across the country.
What unites imasay and the broader investigation is not a single manufacturing error — it is a product design that is fundamentally incompatible with safe consumer use. Alcohol and ethanol flames are nearly invisible in normal lighting: a user looking directly at an actively burning fire pit may see no flame at all, with no way to know the fuel has not yet been consumed and the burner surface is still superheated.
Incidents That Define the Category Hazard
In May 2026, a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million in compensatory damages and an additional $10 million in punitive damages was filed in Oklahoma County District Court after a tabletop fire pit purchased from Amazon flame-jetted at a children’s museum, seriously burning a child who was visiting as a museum guest. The suit alleged that Amazon knew or should have known of the flame-jetting hazard that these products present and continued selling them regardless [1].
That case is part of a nationwide litigation wave that has also included a Navy veteran who suffered third-degree burns to his face, neck, and upper body after refueling a fire pit he believed was extinguished; an 11-year-old child burned by a fireball while toasting marshmallows near a tabletop fire pit; and a New Hampshire couple who died after adding alcohol to a unit whose flame they could not see. The CPSC documented these and dozens of other incidents in its December 2024 category-wide safety warning [2].
How the Flame Jet Reaches the Victim
When a user pours liquid alcohol into a burner that is still hot or still burning invisibly, the fuel vaporizes on contact with the heated surface and ignites instantly — but the flame does not travel down into the unit. It travels outward and upward, in the direction of the pour, directly toward whoever is holding the fuel container. The event happens in a fraction of a second, and the CPSC has confirmed that alcohol fuel at these temperatures causes third-degree burns in under one second of skin contact.
Three design features that manufacturers could have included — but did not — make this outcome preventable: a flame arrestor to block flame from traveling back through the fuel stream; a visible flame indicator to tell a user the unit is still burning; and a removable, cool-first refueling system that keeps the user away from the heat source during refueling. The absence of these features is not an accident or an oversight — it is a cost decision whose consequences have now been documented in federal regulatory records and in courtrooms across the country.
Recalls and Federal Warnings
The CPSC recall record in this category now spans multiple years and brands: Colsen (October 2024, approximately 89,500 units, 31 flame-jetting incidents, 19 injuries before recall); Five Below concrete tabletop fire pits (September 2025, approximately 66,000 units); and Brookstone-branded fire pits (August 2026, approximately 48,700 units recalled after reports of second- and third-degree burns) [3]. The CPSC’s December 2024 consumer warning went beyond any single recall, covering the entire alcohol-burning fire pit category and directing consumers to dispose of these products and sellers to stop offering them for sale.
No CPSC recall specific to imasay had been announced as of the date of this publication. The investigation now underway treats the imasay product as subject to the same design defect and the same legal theories that have already driven recalls, lawsuits, and jury verdicts against other brands in the same category.
Who May Have a Claim
If you were burned while using an imasay tabletop fire pit — or while standing nearby when it flame-jetted — you may have a product liability claim against the manufacturer and against any retailer, including Amazon, that sold the product to you. Contact a product liability attorney as soon as possible; most states impose a two-to-four-year deadline running from the date of injury, and evidence preserved now will strengthen any claim you file.
Steps to Take Right Now
Stop using your imasay fire pit immediately and do not attempt to refuel, clean, or move it without securing the fuel reservoir. The CPSC has instructed consumers not to resell or donate recalled and warned fire pit products. Preserve the unit, its packaging, the fuel container, your Amazon or other purchase receipt, and photographs of the product and any visible injuries. If you have been burned, seek emergency medical attention and ask your providers to document your injuries — those records will be central to your legal claim.
References
1. https://www.ammonslaw.com/blog/2026/may/amazon-firepit-burn-lawsuit/
2. https://www.johnsonbecker.com/product-liability/fire-pit-lawsuits-two-deaths-and-dozens-of-serious-burn-injuries-reported-since-2019
3. https://www.youhavealawyer.com/tabletop-fire-pit-lawsuit