After Lady’s Death From Exploding Charger, Power Banks Recalled for Second Time

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Casely have issued a recall of 430,000 Casely Power Banks 5000mAh transportable MagSafe wi-fi cellphone chargers. If it appears like you could have deja vu, that’s in all probability as a result of the ability banks have been already recalled in 2025, however the discover is being reannounced after a demise was reportedly tied to an exploding charger.

The recall was initially introduced in April 2025, after Casely stated it obtained 51 stories from customers of lithium-ion batteries of their energy banks overheating, increasing, or catching fireplace. At the time, the stories included six “minor” burn accidents.

Since that recall a 12 months in the past, the corporate has obtained 28 extra client complaints in regards to the lithium battery overheating, increasing, or catching fireplace. One of these incidents occurred on an airplane, whereas the opposite dates to August 2024, when a lady died.

According to the CPSC, a 75-year-old lady from New Jersey was charging her cellphone with the ability financial institution in her lap. The energy financial institution all of a sudden caught fireplace and exploded. The lady suffered second and third-degree burns and later died from problems associated to the accidents she sustained, CPSC introduced.

The second main incident that’s come to gentle because the preliminary recall occurred in February 2026, when a 47-year-old lady was charging her cellphone on a airplane. The energy financial institution “caught on fire and exploded,” in keeping with CPSC, and the lady suffered first-degree burns.

The energy banks embody mannequin quantity E33A and have been bought on-line between March 2022 and September 2024, retailing between $30 and $70.

CPSC urges anybody who might have a recalled energy financial institution to get rid of it correctly, which implies not throwing it within the rubbish, the place it could possibly stay a fireplace hazard:

Do not throw this recalled lithium-ion battery or gadget within the trash, within the basic recycling stream (e.g., street-level or curbside recycling bins), or in used battery recycling packing containers discovered at numerous retail and residential enchancment shops. Recalled lithium-ion batteries should be disposed of otherwise than different batteries, as a result of they current a better danger of fireside. Your municipal family hazardous waste (HHW) assortment middle might settle for this recalled lithium-ion battery or gadget for disposal. Before taking your battery or gadget to a HHW assortment middle, contact them forward of time and ask whether or not they settle for recalled lithium-ion batteries. If they don’t, contact your municipality for additional steering. 

Customers are being urged to contact Casely for a substitute. The firm has a website the place customers can fill out a type and supply two photographs to get a substitute unit. The first photograph wants to indicate the entrance of the ability financial institution the place customers might want to write the phrase “Recalled” and the date in everlasting marker. The second photograph wants to indicate the mannequin quantity.