CPSC recalls 195,000 heated blankets after 53 burn injuries, part of a 14-recall wave

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday recalled nearly 195,000 heated blankets and heating pads sold under the JKMAX brand, after receiving 577 reports of the products smoking, melting or catching fire, including 53 reports of burn injuries. The recall notice published by the agency says the internal wire heating elements can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers just as much of the country moves into the season when electric bedding sees its heaviest use.

The blankets and pads were sold exclusively on Amazon.com from September 2022 through July 2026, in single-unit and two-pack configurations, in blue, gray, brown and red. Model numbers covered by the recall include JKMAX-002, JKMAX-7284B, JKMAX-6284B, JKMAX-10090B and JKMAX-8490B. The commission is telling consumers to stop using the products immediately, even if they appear to be working normally, and to contact the company for a full refund.

Hundreds of overheating reports

The scale of the incident count is what distinguishes this recall from more routine product actions. Nearly 600 reports of a single product line smoking or burning, resulting in 53 documented burns, is a notably high injury tally relative to the roughly 195,000 units in circulation. Recalls of this kind typically begin when a manufacturer or importer identifies a pattern of complaints, either through its own monitoring or through reports filed to the agency's saferproducts.gov database, and then negotiates a corrective action plan with the commission before a public notice is issued. Many companies now use the commission's Fast Track Recall Program, under which a firm agrees to pull a product and offer a refund, repair or replacement without waiting for CPSC staff to complete a formal finding that the product is hazardous, in exchange for a faster public notice.

JKMAX is offering refunds to affected owners, who can reach the company at 800-917-5732 or through jkmaxrecall.com. The recall notice does not specify a defect rate as a share of units sold, and it does not name a root cause beyond the heating elements themselves overheating during ordinary use.

One of 14 recalls announced the same day

The heated-blanket action was one of 14 separate product recalls the commission posted on Thursday, a batch that touched toys, bedding, mattresses and sauna equipment, according to a summary of the day's notices compiled by local news outlets. Also included was an expanded recall of Sauna360's Tylö-brand Halmstad and Kiruna hybrid saunas, after the company said the bench-repair remedy it offered under an October 2025 recall proved ineffective. Sauna360 has since logged 77 additional reports of benches breaking, including six injuries, one involving head and neck trauma and another a sprained ankle. The saunas sold nationwide from July 2024 through July 2026 for $6,000 to $12,000, and the company is now sending professional installers to retrofit units with additional hardware rather than relying on the earlier fix.

Regfear separately recalled about 818 BedsPick mattresses sold on Amazon for failing to meet the federal mattress flammability standard, and three toy recalls in the batch centered on choking and ingestion hazards for young children. Colerinsec recalled about 38,507 of its Jerify magnetic stick-figure toy sets after two children swallowed magnets from the toys' limbs and required hospitalization; the sets, sold on Amazon for about $21, were found to violate the federal mandatory toy standard governing loose high-powered magnets. Melissa & Doug recalled about 84,000 of its Lights & Sounds Fire Truck Activity Board toys, sold exclusively at Target, after 26 reports that a small port on the toy's plastic fire hose can detach and pose a choking hazard; the company reported one minor cut. And Toyworld168 recalled roughly 275 Rainbow Mystery Squishy Bun Toys, sold for about $3 at third-party retailers, after finding the water beads inside can swell larger than federal toy standards allow, which can cause choking or intestinal blockage if swallowed; the company has received no injury reports on that item.

What consumers should do now

For the heated-blanket recall, the CPSC and JKMAX are directing owners to stop using the product immediately and pursue a refund rather than attempt a repair. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department's guidance on electric blanket use, aimed at consumers more broadly, instructs owners to turn a blanket off when it is not in use, since most models lack an internal thermostat that shuts the unit off automatically, and warns against balling up or folding a blanket while it is powered, which can trap heat around the internal coils. The department also advises unplugging any blanket immediately if it shows discoloration or begins smoking, both signs that a wire is already burning internally, and cautions that machine-washing an electric blanket can itself damage the coils and create a later hazard.

Amazon, which listed the JKMAX products for nearly three years before the recall, maintains a marketplace-wide safety alerts page where recalled items sold through the site are logged for customers. The CPSC's notice does not indicate whether the listings have been removed from the site, and the company was not quoted in the agency's release.

The commission continues to accept incident reports through saferproducts.gov, and consumers who experienced a fire, burn or other injury from any of the recalled products are encouraged to file a report there. Those reports are what the agency uses to track whether a company's remedy is actually working, as it did in flagging that Sauna360's first attempted bench repair had fallen short less than a year after it was issued.