Baseus Battery Fire: Recalls, Hazards, and What Injured People Should Know

Is Your Baseus Charger Part of a Recall? What the CPSC Notices Say

A recall is a safety action, voluntary or mandatory, coordinated with the CPSC, to address a hazard in a product already sold. It is not a court finding of liability or a determination that the product caused any specific injury. Under 15 U.S.C. § 2064, the Commission may, after a hearing, order a manufacturer, distributor or retailer to give public notice of a substantial product hazard. It may also order a repair, a replacement or a refund. The same section lists what a recall notice generally includes, among them the model number, the number of units, the hazard, any reported injuries or deaths, and the remedy.

The newer notice is CPSC recall 25-248, dated May 1, 2025. It is titled "Baseus Portable Chargers Recalled Due to Fire Hazard; Sold on Amazon.com by Shenzhen Baseus Technology."

• The notice covers Baseus 65W 30000mAh portable chargers, model number BS-30KP365, with a serial number ending in 0 through 9 or the letter "D." It lists about 55,380 units.
• The CPSC page states the hazard this way: "The lithium-ion battery in the recalled portable chargers can overheat, posing a fire hazard."
• The remedy listed is a replacement. The notice says the replacement carries the same model number and a serial number ending in "A."
• The notice states that Baseus has received 76 reports of incidents, including 72 reports of bulging and four reports of fire, including three reports of property damage.

The notice states the chargers were sold online at Amazon.com, AliExpress.com, Walmart.com and Baseus.com from April 2020 through April 2025, for between $39 and $90.

The older notice is CPSC recall 24-287, dated June 27, 2024. It is titled "Baseus Magnetic Wireless Charging Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire Hazard; Imported by Shenzhen Baseus Technology," and the page labels it a Fast Track Recall.

• The notice covers model numbers PPCXM06 and PPCXW06 and lists about 132,000 units. It notes that some units were listed on Amazon under the model number PPXCW06.
• The CPSC page states: "The lithium-ion battery in the power banks can overheat, posing a fire hazard."
• The remedy listed is a refund. That means a full refund with proof of purchase, or a $36 refund without it.
• The notice states that Baseus has received 171 reports of incidents. These include 132 reports of bulging or swelling batteries and 39 reports of fires, resulting in 13 burn injuries and about $20,000 in property damage.

The notice states the power banks were sold online at Amazon.com, AliExpress.com and Baseus.com from April 2022 through April 2024, for between $18 and $55.

Both notices describe how to register for the remedy, including submitting a photo that shows the model number. Both also carry the CPSC's note that recalled lithium-ion batteries are not to go in the trash or in retail battery recycling boxes. These two notices concern specific models and do not describe every Baseus product. A step-by-step lithium battery recall lookup explains how to match a device to a notice field by field.

If your device matches one of these notices, that tells you the product was the subject of a safety action for the same overheating hazard. It does not by itself show what caused your fire or injury, which is a separate question a product liability claim asks.

Who Is Named in the Baseus Recalls, and Why the Product Type Matters to You

Both CPSC notices name Shenzhen Baseus Technology Co. Ltd., of China, as the importer. Both state that the products were manufactured in China and sold under the brand name "Baseus." The details here come from those official records alone. If you were hurt, the party a notice names is one starting point in understanding who handled the product, though a name in a notice does not establish that anyone is liable.

The notices name two product types. A power bank, which the 2025 notice calls a portable charger, is a handheld battery pack charged from a wall outlet and then used to charge a phone or another device on the go. The 2024 notice describes models with a magnetic side that attaches to phones with magnetic charging. The model number is printed on that magnetic side, and "20W" appears on the other side. The 2025 notice describes a charger sold in black and white with "65w" printed on the front and a label on the bottom showing the model and serial number. Those markings are how a device in your home can be compared against a notice.

Both products run on a lithium-ion battery, the same rechargeable chemistry found in phones, laptops and e-bikes, which stores energy by moving lithium ions between two electrodes. For someone whose device overheated, that shared chemistry is why the general way these batteries fail, covered next, may help explain what was seen. Other brands' records are covered separately; the page on Anker battery fire recalls is one example.

How Could a Small Battery Start a Fire? Thermal Runaway and Defects Explained

This section answers that question in general terms only. It is not a statement about any Baseus product, and it does not explain any particular recall or incident.

Thermal runaway is a self-reinforcing cycle. Heat inside a battery cell triggers chemical reactions that generate more heat, and that heat drives further reactions. It can lead to fire, explosion or the release of toxic gases. Once it starts in one cell, the heat can spread to neighboring cells.

Many devices include a battery management system (BMS), electronics designed to monitor and regulate a battery's charge, temperature and discharge so it stays within safe operating limits. When a BMS works as intended, it can cut off charging or power draw before conditions become dangerous. After a fire, whether a device was charging, in use or idle can matter, because it bears on what the battery and its safeguards were doing at the time.

Product liability law usually describes a product's failure in three categories:

• A design defect means the product is built as intended, but the design itself creates an unreasonable risk.
• A manufacturing defect means a particular unit departs from its intended design, for example through a production error.
• A failure-to-warn defect means the instructions or warnings did not adequately tell users about a risk.

Federal reporting rules use similar ideas. Under 16 C.F.R. § 1115.4, which tells firms when to report to the CPSC, "a defect is a fault, flaw, or irregularity that causes weakness, failure, or inadequacy in form or function." The regulation adds that a defect can arise from a manufacturing error or from design. It also says a defect can occur in a product's "packaging, warnings, and/or instructions." That regulation governs reporting to the Commission. It does not decide an injury claim, which state law governs. For someone who was hurt, these categories are the framework an attorney would generally use in looking at whether, and how, a product failed.

If You Were Hurt: What the Law Generally Asks in a Product Liability Claim

Product liability is the area of law under which a person injured by a product may seek to hold a manufacturer, importer, distributor or seller responsible. In general terms, a claim asks three questions. Was there a defect, whether in design, manufacturing or warning? Did that defect cause the injury? Did the injury cause damages? A fire alone does not answer the first question, and a recall does not answer the second. Whether each element is met depends on the facts and on the law of the state involved.

State law governs most of these cases. Limitation periods, fault rules and damages rules differ from state to state. Some states reduce or bar recovery based on an injured person's own share of fault, and states use different rules for doing so. No single state's rule applies everywhere. The site's state pages, such as the one for a Texas lithium battery injury, describe one state's rules from its own statutes.

Depending on the state, the categories of damages the law may allow generally include medical expenses, lost income, and pain and suffering. Where a death occurred, the law may allow a wrongful death claim. Wrongful death is a legal claim brought by surviving family members when a person's death results from another party's wrongful act or negligence. Who may bring that claim and what it may include also differ by state.

A statute of limitations is the period within which a lawsuit must be filed. It varies by state and by the type of claim, and missing it can bar a claim entirely. For a family weighing all of this after a fire, a conversation with our attorney can cover how these general elements relate to the product, the injuries and the state involved.

Why the Deadline to File Matters, and Why It Differs by State

Each state sets its own statute of limitations. A state often sets one period for a personal injury claim and a different one for a wrongful death claim. Some states also have separate rules for claims against products. This page states no particular number, because the answer depends on the state and the claim.

When the clock starts also varies. In many cases it starts on the date of the injury. Some states apply a discovery rule, which starts the period when a person knew, or reasonably should have known, of the injury and its likely cause. Some states also have exceptions that can affect timing, for example for injured children or for injuries that do not show up right away. Whether any exception applies depends on that state's law and the facts.

What is at stake is concrete. A claim filed after the period ends can be barred no matter how strong it might otherwise have been. That is one reason families often want to understand the timing early, alongside medical care and the many other demands that follow a fire. The general framework is set out on the site's lithium battery injury lawyer page. If you want to talk through which state's rules may govern and how timing works in your situation, you can request a case evaluation.

Which Records Could Help Show What Happened in a Battery Fire

Evidence in a battery fire case usually comes from a few familiar places. If you were hurt, the records that often matter include:

• Medical records and treatment documentation, from the first visit onward.
• Photographs and video of the device, the scene and the injuries.
• The product itself, along with any packaging, cables or accessories.
• Purchase records or order history showing the model and when it was bought.
• Incident reports, fire department reports or police reports.
• The names and contact information of anyone who saw what happened.

The physical device, if it still exists, is often significant because it may be examined later in connection with a claim. Its model number and serial number also matter, since both CPSC notices define the recalled units by those details. These records connect to the elements a claim asks about: the device and purchase records to the defect question, and medical records to causation and damages. Families going through the loss of a home or a loved one often find these records scattered across phones, inboxes and insurance files, and knowing which categories tend to matter can make it easier to see what exists and what an attorney may be able to review.

Questions Worth Thinking Through Before Speaking With an Attorney About a Baseus Injury

These are not tasks. They are questions some people find it helps to think through, because each one connects to something a product liability claim generally asks:

• What product was involved? What do its label, model number and serial number show? Does it still exist?
• When and where did the incident happen, and what was the device doing at the time, such as charging, in use or sitting idle?
• What injuries or property damage resulted?
• What medical care, if any, followed?
• Are there photographs, receipts, order records, or fire or police reports?

The product question relates to the defect element. The timing and location questions relate to which state's law and deadlines may apply. The injury and care questions relate to causation and damages. Not every answer will be known yet, and that is common after a fire. Gaps are part of what a first conversation with an attorney can help sort out, including which answers may matter most in a particular state.