INIU Power Bank Recall: Fire and Burn Hazards Reported to the CPSC

Affected Products and Where They Were Sold

The official record is CPSC recall number 26-135, titled "INIU Recalls Power Banks Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Sold on Amazon." Its recall date is December 5, 2025. For every fact on this page about the product, that CPSC page is the controlling source.

The notice names the product as "INIU BI-B41 Power Banks" and gives the number of units as "About 210,000." It lists the manufacturer as "Shenzhen Topstar Industry Co., Ltd., of China" and the retailer as "INIU, of Seattle, Washington." It states that the products were manufactured in China. According to the notice, the power banks were sold online at Amazon.com from August 2021 and April 2022 for about $18.

A recall notice is meant to help people recognize the product it covers. Federal law lists what a notice ordered under 15 U.S.C. § 2064 generally includes, unless the Commission finds an item unnecessary for a particular product. That list includes the model number, a photograph, the number of units, the hazard, the manufacturers and significant retailers, the dates of manufacture and sale, any injuries or deaths, and the remedy. The statute is posted on the U.S. Code page for 15 U.S.C. § 2064. INIU's broader record is covered on the site's INIU battery fire overview.

Affected Models

The notice limits the recall to one model and to specific serial numbers. It says: "This recall involves INIU 10,000mAh portable power banks, model BI-B41." It describes the units this way: "The recalled power banks have a black or blue case and the INIU logo and a paw-print LED light are on the front. The model and serial number are printed on the back of the power bank at the bottom."

The notice then narrows the scope: "Only portable power banks with serial numbers 000G21, 000H21, 000I21 and 000L21 are included in this recall."

That sentence carries a lot of weight. A BI-B41 with a different serial number is outside this recall as the notice describes it. Other INIU products are outside it too. The notice concerns one model within listed serial numbers, and it describes no trait of INIU products in general. If your power bank was damaged in a fire and the back label can no longer be read, the question of whether it was a covered unit may turn on other records, such as an order history or packaging. The records section below explains this.

The Hazard the Recall Notice States

The notice states the hazard in one sentence: "The lithium-ion battery in the recalled power banks can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers."

Overheating matters in a lithium-ion battery because of a process called thermal runaway. In thermal runaway, a cell produces heat faster than it can release it, and the reaction keeps itself going. That can lead to fire or an explosion. This is a general explanation of how lithium-ion cells can fail. The CPSC notice uses the words "overheat and ignite," and it does not say what made any particular unit overheat.

It helps to be clear about what this hazard statement is. It is the agency's public description of a risk tied to the recalled units. It does not decide that any specific power bank caused any specific burn or fire. A recall is not a finding that the product was defective in a particular case, an incident report does not prove what caused an injury, a lawsuit is not a finding of liability, and an allegation is not a fact. A recall tells the public that a risk was identified with a product. Whether a particular unit failed, and why, is a separate question that depends on the facts of that incident.

If you were burned, the gap between "this model was recalled" and "this unit hurt me" can feel like a technicality. In law it is the central question, and later sections explain how it is answered.

Incidents the CPSC Reported

The incident line on the CPSC page dated December 5, 2025 reads in full: "INIU has received 15 reports of power banks overheating, including 11 reports of fires that resulted in three minor burn injuries and property damage totaling over $380,000."

Read closely, the sentence describes several different things. There are 15 reports of overheating. Within those, there are 11 reports of fires. Those fires are described as resulting in two kinds of harm. One is three minor burn injuries. The other is property damage totaling over $380,000. The dollar figure is the reported property damage. It is not a settlement, a verdict or money paid to anyone.

The sentence also says who received the reports. It states that INIU received them. These are reports, and reports are not findings. An incident report records that something was reported. It does not establish what caused the event or who is responsible. The figures are also a count of the reports the notice describes. They are not presented as every incident that may have occurred.

Federal law contemplates this kind of information. The notice-content list in 15 U.S.C. § 2064(i)(2) includes "the number and a description of any injuries or deaths associated with the product." This is why recall notices often carry an incident line.

The Official Remedy

The notice lists the remedy as "Refund." Its remedy instructions read: "Consumers should stop using the recalled power banks immediately and visit INIU's recall page at https://iniushop.com/pages/recall-b41# to verify the product serial number and register for a full refund."

The notice gives contact routes for INIU. They are a toll-free number, 888-886-3606, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at recall@iniu.shop, and the recall page above or iniushop.com under "Product Recalls." The notice also carries a disposal note. It says the recalled battery should not go in the trash, the general recycling stream or retail battery recycling boxes. It says a municipal household hazardous waste collection center may accept it, and it suggests contacting that office ahead of time. The CPSC page adds a complaint form for people who have problems with a recall remedy.

The notice does not say whether the remedy was ordered under federal law. Under 15 U.S.C. § 2064(d), where the Commission issues an order, the actions it may require include repair or conformity, replacement, or a refund of the purchase price (less a reasonable allowance for use if the consumer has had the product for one year or more), and the order must also require submission of a plan for Commission approval. Under § 2064(e), consumers may not be charged for a remedy provided under such an order.

A refund is about the product. The notice describes no remedy for a burn, a medical bill or a damaged room. Whether taking the refund has any effect on other rights is a legal question that depends on the facts and the state's law. A person who was hurt or had property damaged before the recall may have questions about this that a refund does not answer, and those questions are a reasonable subject for a conversation with an attorney.

What This Recall Record Establishes — and What It Does Not

Product liability is the area of law that handles claims for injuries caused by a product. Courts generally recognize three kinds of defect. A design defect is a flaw in how a product was designed that makes it unreasonably dangerous. A manufacturing defect is a flaw introduced during production, so that one unit differs from its intended design. A warning defect is a failure to give adequate instructions or warnings about a product's risks.

The CPSC uses a similar vocabulary for its own reporting rules. Under 16 C.F.R. § 1115.4, "a defect is a fault, flaw, or irregularity that causes weakness, failure, or inadequacy in form or function." The regulation says a defect can arise from a manufacturing error or from design and materials. It also says a defect "can also occur in a product's contents, construction, finish, packaging, warnings, and/or instructions." That regulation explains when a firm must report information to the Commission. It is not a court ruling about any product.

The recall establishes certain facts. A federal agency published a notice on December 5, 2025 for the listed BI-B41 units. The notice states a fire and burn hazard, gives the reported incident figures and names a refund remedy. The recall does not decide fault, does not decide that any unit caused any particular injury, and does not set damages. A recall is an administrative action, and a court has not made a finding of liability.

A product liability claim generally asks whether there was a defect, whether that defect caused the injury, and what damages resulted. Whether those elements are met depends on the facts of each incident. A recall notice may be one piece of the picture, but it does not settle any of those questions on its own.

Why the Recall Date and Your State's Deadline Both Matter If You Were Hurt

A statute of limitations is the period within which a legal claim must be filed. After it ends, a court may bar the claim. Every state has one for injury claims, and the periods differ from state to state. No single period applies everywhere.

The recall date, December 5, 2025, is a useful reference point. It is not, by itself, the start of any limitation period. States differ on when the clock starts. It may be the date of the injury, the date the injury was discovered, or another point. States also differ on how long the period runs and on the exceptions that apply, such as rules for minors. Some states also have a statute of repose, an outer limit measured from a different event. Rules on shared fault and on damages vary by state as well.

All of this means that the date of the fire, the date of the injury, where it happened and who was hurt can each matter. That is true for an adult, for a child and for a family after a death. If you are trying to understand how your state's rules treat the dates in your situation, you can request a case evaluation to discuss them with our attorney.

Records That Often Matter in a Battery Injury Case

If you were hurt, the records that usually matter include several kinds. One is the medical records that document the injury and its treatment. Another is photographs and video of the power bank, the damage and the place where it happened. Others are the product itself, or what remains of it, the purchase record or order history, any fire department or incident report, and the names of people who saw what happened.

For a recalled product, the physical unit and the purchase records carry extra weight. The notice limits the recall to model BI-B41 and four serial numbers printed on the back of the unit. The model label, the serial number, the original packaging and an order date can help show whether a particular power bank falls within the recall as the notice describes it. When fire has damaged the label, the other records may be what connects that unit to the recall.

These records also bear on the questions product liability asks: what failed, how and with what result. The site's page on lithium battery burn injuries gives the general explanation of burns from battery fires. For other power bank notices and how they compare, see the site's summary of power bank recalls and its page on Anker recall notices.