Belkin Power Bank Fire: Recalls, Hazards, and What Injured People Should Know

What the CPSC Recall Notices Say About Belkin Power Banks

A recall is a public action announced through the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that identifies a product hazard and the remedy offered to owners. Two CPSC notices name Belkin.

The newer notice is recall number 26-090, dated November 13, 2025. Its title is "Belkin Recalls Portable Power Banks and Wireless Charging Stands Due to Fire and Burn Hazards". The CPSC page states the hazard this way: "The lithium-ion battery in the power banks and charging stands can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers." It lists the remedy as a refund and the units as "About 83,500 (In addition, about 2,385 were sold in Canada)." The notice states that "Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled power banks and charging stands and contact Belkin to receive a full refund or store credit," with photos of the front and back of the product submitted with a recall form.

The older notice is recall number 25-061, dated December 5, 2024. Its title is "Belkin Recalls Portable Wireless Battery Chargers for Smart Watches Due to Fire Hazard". Its hazard statement reads: "The lithium-ion batteries in the recalled power banks can overheat, posing a fire hazard." It lists a refund remedy and "About 4,000 (In addition, about 62 were sold in Canada)" units.

Each notice also reports incidents in its own words. Notice 26-090 states: "The firm has received one report of a fire incident in the U.S. (and 15 reports internationally). Two minor burn injuries and property damage totaling $37,765 have been reported outside of the U.S." Notice 25-061 states: "The firm has received one report of the recalled power bank catching fire, resulting in a house fire involving property damage."

For an owner, these records are the government's official description of the hazard and the remedy. They do not settle everything. A recall is not a finding that the product injured any particular person or that Belkin is legally responsible for anything, and an incident report does not establish what caused a fire. The two notices cover the specific models they name, not every Belkin product.

Does Your Belkin Device Match a Recalled Model?

The CPSC notices identify the company as Belkin International Inc. Notice 26-090 lists it as the manufacturer, and notice 25-061 lists it as the importer. Whether a device someone owned falls under either notice depends on the model, so the official pages are the reference point here. Each recall covers specific models:

• Notice 26-090 covers portable wireless charging stands with model number MMA008 and portable power banks with model numbers BPB002 and PB0003.
• Notice 25-061 covers the Belkin BoostCharge Pro Fast Wireless Charger Power Banks 10K, model number BPD005. These are portable wireless battery chargers for smart watches.

The notices also explain how to identify a recalled unit. Under notice 26-090, "MMA008" is printed on the bottom of the charging stand, and serial numbers of 14 digits starting with "57X" are included. "BPB002" is printed on the back top of the power bank, with included serial numbers of 14 digits starting with "35S." For the PB0003 power bank, the notice states that "All serial numbers are included in this recall." The notice describes the stands and BPB002 power banks as black and the PB0003 as black or white. Under notice 25-061, the model number BPD005 is printed on the back top of the power bank. The serial number is 14 digits starting with "57V." The unit is black, has a white magnetic charger for smart watches, and has "Belkin" written in white on the front.

Notice 26-090 states the products were sold at Best Buy, Target, Walmart and other stores, online at Belkin.com, Amazon.com and TikTok, from August 2020 through August 2025. Notice 25-061 states they were sold online at Amazon.com, belkin.com and other websites from May 2023 through June 2024.

If a device was burned or damaged, a surviving model number or serial prefix may be what shows whether it matches a notice, which is one reason the remains of a device can matter later. The site's guide to a lithium battery recall lookup walks through reading a CPSC notice field by field.

Why a Lithium-Ion Power Bank Can Overheat and Catch Fire

Both Belkin notices name the same hazard: a lithium-ion battery that can overheat. Overheating is the starting point for the failure most associated with battery fires.

Thermal runaway is a chain reaction inside a battery cell. Heat in the cell sets off reactions that make more heat, and that heat sets off more reactions. Once it starts, the cell can keep heating itself without any outside source of heat. A cell in thermal runaway can vent, catch fire or burst. In a power bank that holds several cells close together, one overheating cell can heat the cells beside it.

Inside the pack, a battery management system, or BMS, is meant to keep this from happening. It is designed to watch charge level and temperature and to cut off charging or discharging when the readings move outside safe limits. If the cells, the BMS or the charging circuit did not work as intended, a battery can get hotter than it was built to handle. That is why, after a fire, questions often turn to which part of the device failed.

This page does not say what caused any Belkin fire. The CPSC notices state the hazard, not a cause for any incident they report.

For someone trying to understand whether a fire points to a flaw in the product, federal safety regulations offer a working vocabulary. 16 C.F.R. § 1115.4, which tells companies when they must report to the CPSC, states that "a defect is a fault, flaw, or irregularity that causes weakness, failure, or inadequacy in form or function." It then describes three broad ways a product can be flawed. A manufacturing defect is a "manufacturing or production error," where the product "is not in the form intended by, or fails to perform in accordance with, its design." A design defect can exist "even if the product is manufactured exactly in accordance with its design and specifications, if the design presents a risk of injury to the public." A warning defect can arise because a defect "can also occur in a product's contents, construction, finish, packaging, warnings, and/or instructions." That regulation governs reporting duties under federal law. State product liability law uses similar categories, and its exact rules differ from state to state. Which category, if any, fits a particular fire is one of the questions a conversation with an attorney can help sort out.

When a Power Bank Fire Injures You: Product Liability Questions

Product liability is the area of law that decides when the companies that make, import or sell a product may be legally responsible for harm the product causes. When a battery fire hurts someone, it can raise these questions. A fire alone does not answer them.

In general, a product liability claim asks two things. The first is whether the product had a defect in its design, its manufacture or its warnings. The second is causation: whether that defect actually caused the injury. Some claims are framed as negligence instead. Those ask whether a company owed a duty of care, whether it breached that duty, and whether the breach caused the injury and the losses. Whether any of these elements is met depends on the facts. An injury does not prove anyone's fault, and a fire does not prove that a battery was defective.

A recall notice is part of the context. Federal law requires manufacturers, distributors and retailers that obtain information reasonably supporting the conclusion that a product "creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death," or contains a defect that could create a substantial product hazard, to "immediately inform the Commission." That duty appears in 15 U.S.C. § 2064. The same section lists what a recall notice generally includes, among other items, a description of the hazard, the number of units, and "the number and a description of any injuries or deaths associated with the product." Even so, a recall does not decide liability, and it does not decide whether a particular fire came from the recalled defect or from something else.

When the law allows recovery, it is described in categories. Depending on the state and the facts, these may include medical expenses, lost earnings, property damage, and pain and suffering. When someone dies, wrongful death is the legal claim that may allow certain family members to seek damages for the loss of that person. Which family members may bring it, and what it covers, depends on state law.

State law also decides the statute of limitations, which is the deadline for filing a lawsuit, as well as how fault is shared, what damages are allowed and how wrongful-death claims work. These rules differ from state to state.

For someone who was burned, or whose home was damaged, these questions turn on the specific device, the fire and the injuries. A conversation with our attorney can cover how a defect, causation and a state's deadline fit together for a fire like the one you went through. You can request a case evaluation to discuss it.

What Injured People and Families Often Gather After a Battery Fire

Which device it was, whether it had a defect and whether that defect caused the harm are answered with records and physical evidence. After a fire that is hard to think about, and many families start with whatever survived.

If you were hurt, the records that usually matter include these:

• Medical records, which show the burns or other injuries, the treatment and when it happened.
• Photos and video of the device, the burn marks and the room, capturing the scene before cleanup or repairs.
• The product itself, or what remains of it, including any surviving model number or serial prefix.
• The purchase receipt or order history, which show what was bought, when and from whom. Notice 26-090 also ties its refund amount to the purchase receipt when one is provided.
• Fire department, incident and police reports, which record what responders saw.
• Witnesses' names, the people who saw the device overheat or the fire start.

The CPSC notices also speak to physical handling. Notice 26-090 states that a recalled lithium-ion battery should not go in the trash, curbside recycling or retail battery recycling boxes, and that a municipal household hazardous waste center may accept it. Notice 25-061 gives similar guidance. For an injured person, the questions of handling and keeping a damaged device can overlap. The site's pages on other power bank recalls, such as Anker battery fire recalls and the INIU power bank recall, show how other CPSC notices describe similar products.