OCTROT Recalls 178,000 Heated Blankets Sold on Amazon After 27 Fires and 15 Injuries

What Was Recalled?

On July 30, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of about 178,000 OCTROT heated sherpa throws and blankets, recall number 26-652. The notice identifies the seller as Hangzhouyuefangjiajuyongpinyouxiangongsi, doing business as OCTROT, of China, and says the products were manufactured in China.

According to the CPSC notice, the recall covers OCTROT-branded electric sherpa throws and blankets sold in gray and yellow, white with gray, white with yellow, white with blue and white with red, in five sizes: 50 by 62 inches, 50 by 60 inches, 62 by 84 inches, 64 by 84 inches and 84 by 90 inches. Each has a white controller with five temperature settings.

The covered model numbers are OCT-5060, OCT-5062, OCT-6248, OCT-7284 and OCT-8490, printed with the brand name on the product packaging. CPSC adds one identifying detail that does not depend on keeping the box: on the recalled units, the controller cord has two or four small holes at the lower connection point where it meets the controller.

The blankets and throws were sold on Amazon.com from August 2021 through December 2025 for between $40 and $60. That is a national retail channel with a large Texas footprint, so units reached buyers across the state over those four years.

What Risk Does the Notice Describe?

The stated hazard is that the electrical cord on the recalled throws and blankets can detach and ignite, which CPSC describes as posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire, burn and shock hazards.

CPSC states the firm has received 555 reports of blankets or throws melting, sparking and smoking, resulting in 27 fires and 15 burn or electrical shock injuries. The notice does not report any deaths and does not identify where the fires occurred.

The remedy in this recall is a refund. CPSC and the company say consumers should stop using the recalled throws and blankets immediately and contact OCTROT for a full refund. The notice says consumers will be asked to destroy the product by unplugging the electrical cord and cutting it in half, then to email a photo of the destroyed product showing the cut cord to [email protected] before disposing of it. CPSC asks consumers to report related incidents at SaferProducts.gov.

Texas and national outlets including FOX 26 Houston, KGW and KIRO 7 reported the recall the same week.

One practical note for anyone reading this in August: a heated blanket recalled in summer is usually not in daily use, which is exactly why it is easy to miss. Most of these are folded in a closet or a storage bin right now, and the people most affected by this notice are the ones who were already hurt during a past winter.

Who Can Be Affected?

• Anyone in Texas who bought an OCTROT heated sherpa throw or blanket on Amazon between August 2021 and December 2025
• People who received one as a gift — heated throws are a common holiday and hospital-visit gift, and the recipient may never have seen the packaging or the model number
• Renters and tenants whose apartment was damaged by a fire that started in a bedroom or living room, and neighbors in the same building
• Older adults and people with limited mobility or reduced sensation, who often use heated blankets for hours at a time and may not feel a cord overheating
• Anyone treated for burns, an electrical shock, or smoke inhalation, or whose home, apartment, or belongings were damaged in a fire of undetermined cause where a heated blanket was in use

What Kind of Claim Might Apply?

Attorneys who handle Texas defective product and fire cases generally describe several paths that can apply when a consumer product ignites and causes injury or property damage:

• A products liability claim — Chapter 82 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code governs products liability actions in Texas, including claims based on a manufacturing defect, a design defect, or a failure to warn, and sets out the roles of manufacturers and sellers in the chain of distribution.
• The imported-product question — the seller named in this notice is a Chinese company, and the products were sold through an online marketplace rather than a brick-and-mortar retailer. Lawyers who handle imported-product cases say that reaching a foreign seller raises questions of jurisdiction, service, and collectability, and that courts have been working through when an online marketplace itself sits in the chain of distribution. An attorney can explain how those rules apply to a specific purchase.
• A fire and property-damage claim — when a defective product starts a house or apartment fire, there can be both an injury claim and a property claim, and an insurer that pays a fire loss may pursue its own subrogation claim against the product maker. Attorneys say a homeowner or renter policy claim and a product claim can run at the same time.
• A claim for someone seriously burned or shocked — burn, electrical shock, and smoke-inhalation injuries can mean emergency care, skin grafts, infection risk, scarring, cardiac monitoring, and long rehabilitation, and Texas law lets an injured person seek compensation for medical bills, lost income, disfigurement, and other harms.
• A consumer claim — the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Chapter 17 of the Business & Commerce Code, addresses false, misleading, or deceptive acts in consumer transactions and has its own notice requirements and deadlines. Attorneys say whether it fits a particular purchase is a fact question a lawyer has to look at.
• Preserving the proof, which is unusually tricky in this recall — the refund here requires cutting the electrical cord in half and disposing of the blanket. The cord and its connection point are the exact components CPSC identifies as the hazard, and they are what an expert in an injury case would want to examine. Attorneys handling product-fire cases routinely ask people who were actually harmed to preserve the unit, the cord and controller, the Amazon order record, the packaging or model number, photographs of the scene and of any injury, and the medical and fire-department reports. Someone who was hurt may want a lawyer to look at the situation before taking a remedy that destroys the evidence.

None of the above says that any particular person has a claim. It describes the questions Texas attorneys say people ask after a recall like this one, and the evidence they typically want preserved. A lawyer can review a specific situation and explain what, if anything, applies.

Why Acting Quickly Can Matter

For most Texas personal injury cases, the statute of limitations is generally two years, and Chapter 16 also contains a separate period of repose for products liability claims that runs from the date of sale — a lawyer can explain how those deadlines apply to a specific purchase and a specific injury date. That matters here because the covered units were sold as far back as August 2021, and the injuries CPSC counted happened over several past heating seasons.

The practical clock is shorter than the legal one. Fire scenes get cleared, damaged bedding gets thrown out, insurers close files, and this particular remedy asks consumers to cut up and discard the very cord at issue. Many people choose to have a lawyer look at the situation early, while the product, the order record, and the fire report still exist.

Sources

1. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission — Heated sherpa throws and blankets recalled due to risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards; sold on Amazon by OCTROT (recall 26-652, July 30, 2026)
2. FOX 26 Houston — 178k heated blankets, throws recalled after multiple reports of fires
3. KGW — Heated sherpa throws and blankets sold on Amazon recalled for fire and burn risk
4. KIRO 7 — Octrot recalls 178,000 heated blankets due to fire and shock risks
5. CPSC SaferProducts.gov — Report an unsafe product or a product-related injury
6. Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, Chapter 82 (Products Liability)
7. Texas Business & Commerce Code, Chapter 17 (Deceptive Trade Practices Act)
8. Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, Chapter 16 (Limitations)