11,000 Amazon smoke alarms recalled for failure to sound
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled about 11,000 LShome Photoelectric 3-Pack Smoke Detector Fire Alarms sold on Amazon nationwide from February 2024 through December 2025, a defect that likely affects some Twin Cities households. Regulators say the model XG-7D04-KZ9Z units, powered by 9-volt batteries, may have their detection thresholds set so high that the alarms fail to activate promptly in a fire, creating a serious safety hazard, though no injuries have yet been reported. The alarms are white, circular detectors with SKU CX-50YP-A5VN printed on the underside, and include a light warning and test button. Owners are urged to immediately stop using the recalled alarms, contact the manufacturer at [email protected] for instructions to obtain a full refund through Amazon.com, and then discard the devices in household trash. Fire-safety experts routinely warn that defective or missing smoke alarms are a major factor in home fire deaths, so Twin Cities residents who bought inexpensive multi-pack detectors online over the past two years are being advised to double-check model numbers against the recall list.
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In 2023, the fire death rate in the U.S. was 13.1 deaths per million population, a 2% decrease from 13.3 in 2022. ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/deaths-injuries))
Fire Death and Injury Risk — USFA.FEMA.gov
The death rate per 1,000 reported home fires was reduced by 60 percent when smoke alarms operated in home structure fires from 2018–2022. ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires)) ([NFPA](https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/smoke-alarms-in-us-home-fires))
African Americans constituted 20% of total fire deaths in 2020, while representing only 14% of the U.S. population, indicating a disproportionate fire death rate. ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf)) ([USFA.FEMA.gov](https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v22i3.pdf))
Fire Risk in 2020 — USFA.FEMA.gov
Black Americans represented 24% of all home fire deaths and 27% of home fire injuries, despite comprising only 13% of the overall population. ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959)) ([Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/archive-acc-data-shows-that-fatality-rate-from-residential-fires-nearly-twice-national-average-among/755959))
Data shows that fatality rate from residential fires nearly twice national average among Black Americans — Smart Cities Dive
The combination of low income and high proportion of African Americans is associated with extremely high fire death rates. ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X)) ([ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036233190200263X))
The truly disadvantaged and the structural covariates of fire death rates — ScienceDirect
📌 Key Facts
- Recall covers about 11,000 LShome Photoelectric 3-Pack Smoke Detector Fire Alarms sold on Amazon from February 2024–December 2025 for about $30
- Defect: detection threshold can be set too high, so the alarm may fail to sound promptly in a fire, posing a fire hazard
- Recalled units are white, circular, 9V battery-operated, model XG-7D04-KZ9Z, SKU CX-50YP-A5VN printed on the bottom
- No injuries have been reported so far
- Consumers should stop using the alarms, email [email protected] for a refund via Amazon, then discard the alarms
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