One Death, Multiple Burn Injuries
Someone is dead because of these fire pits. Beyond that fatality, multiple people have suffered serious burn injuries—the kind that require skin grafts, months of hospitalization, and leave permanent scarring.
What Makes These Fire Pits Deadly
Rozato fire pits require you to pour liquid fuel directly into an open container, then ignite that pooled alcohol right where you poured it. This design creates two potentially fatal hazards: uncontrolled pool fires and flame jetting.
The Pool Fire Hazard
When you ignite pooled liquid alcohol in an open container, you’re creating an uncontrolled pool fire that can suddenly produce larger, hotter flames spreading beyond the fire pit itself. Isopropyl alcohol and ethanol burn at over 1,600°F—hot enough to cause third-degree burns in under one second.
Flame Jetting Explosions
Flame jetting happens when you refill the fire pit while any flame is still present, even a small one you can’t see. That invisible flame ignites the vapor inside your fuel container as you pour, causing an explosion that shoots flames and burning liquid onto you and anyone nearby.
The CPSC Safety Video
The CPSC created a demonstration video showing how violently flame jetting can occur and the shocking distances that flames and burning alcohol can travel. It’s terrifying to watch, and it happened to real people using Rozato fire pits.
Rectangular and Round Models
The rectangular fire pits came with bamboo serving boards, extendable roasting forks, cheese forks, and a cheese knife. Round models included four extendable roasting forks.
Wide Online Distribution
These sold through Rozato.Store, Amazon.com, StoreDune.com, StovesDirect.com, RetailMarket.net, and other websites from 2022 through the present. That’s four years of sales for a product that’s killed someone and burned multiple others.
The $15 to $70 Price Range
At $15 to $70, these fire pits seemed like affordable patio accessories or fun tabletop entertainment. Nobody buying one expected to end up with third-degree burns or worse.
Rozato Refused the Recall
Here’s the really damning part: Rozato, the retailer, refused to agree to a recall. Even with a death and multiple serious burn injuries, they won’t pull these products from the market.
A Warning, Not a Recall
Because Rozato won’t cooperate, the CPSC can only issue a warning rather than force a recall. That means these fire pits are still being sold right now on various websites, still injuring people.
Dispose of Them Immediately
The CPSC instructs consumers to stop using these fire pits immediately and dispose of them. Don’t donate them, don’t sell them at a garage sale, don’t give them away—throw them out so nobody else gets burned.
Third-Degree Burns in One Second
When the CPSC says these fuels can cause third-degree burns in less than one second, they mean permanent tissue damage faster than you can react. By the time you feel the heat, the injury has already happened.
Invisible Flames Problem
Alcohol fires often burn with nearly invisible flames, especially in daylight. You might think the fire is completely out when there’s actually still a small flame burning that will cause flame jetting the moment you pour more fuel.
The Vapor Ignition Mechanism
Flame jetting doesn’t require the liquid fuel to reach the fire—it’s the vapor from inside the fuel container that ignites. As you start pouring, vapor escapes from the container opening and that vapor reaches the flame first, creating a path back into the container.
The Explosion Force
When vapor inside the fuel container ignites, it creates a sudden pressure increase that literally explodes burning fuel out of the container and onto whoever is holding it. This isn’t a gentle flare-up—it’s a violent expulsion of flaming liquid.
Voluntary Standards Violation
The CPSC referenced their earlier warning about alcohol-burning fire pits that violate voluntary safety standards. Rozato fire pits fall into this category—they’re designed in a way that industry safety standards specifically prohibit.
Manufacturing in China
These fire pits are manufactured in China and sold by Rozato. The fundamental design flaw of requiring consumers to pour and ignite liquid fuel in an open pool should have been caught before these ever reached the market.
Still Being Sold Today
As of the April 2026 warning, these deadly fire pits were still available for purchase. Without Rozato’s cooperation in a recall, there’s nothing stopping them from continuing to sell a product that’s already killed someone.
Breach of Basic Safety Standards
Selling tabletop fire pits that create uncontrolled fires and can explode when refueled violates the most basic expectation that consumer products won’t kill or severely burn the people using them. Refusing to recall them after a death and multiple injuries is even worse.
Contact an Attorney
If you or a family member suffered burns or other injuries from a Rozato tabletop fire pit—whether from pool fires or flame jetting—contact a product liability attorney immediately. Save the fire pit and fuel container if possible, photograph your burn injuries throughout treatment, and keep all medical records documenting the extent and treatment of your burns.
References
1. https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2026/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-Rozato-Tabletop-Fire-Pits-Immediately-Due-to-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards-One-Death-and-Serious-Burn-Injuries-Reported