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Bath and Body Works candles exploding!

on the bay — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:07:55 GMT

I just read on the news that one woman warned of her Bath and Body Work candle exploding.

She had only burned it for 30 minutes and the wax and everything just started going all over the place. She said if her daughter hadn't been there and thrown it outside her house would have burned down.

Then another woman reported hers exploding and received 2nd and 3rd degree burns.

Company said it is very sorry and investigating but said their candles are safe when used as directed (trim wick, burn only 4 hours at a time etc).

But woman said she knew how to burn a candle and trim wicks and this had only been burning 30 minutes!

That is so scary!

I hadn't heard of this and I know a lot of people here buy these candles.

This was reported on wthr but other news sites as well.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:45:14 GMT

Glad I only buy Yankee Candles.

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Mindy D — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:00:28 GMT

Hallmark has a balsam candle in a glass container that is being recalled because the glass can break and cause possible fire.

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qualitygal — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:35:56 GMT

Wow, this must mean, no one is inspecting the safety to consumers. Wonder who is responsible for doing that.

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haddon9 — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:05:25 GMT

@on the bay wrote:
I just read on the news that one woman warned of her Bath and Body Work candle exploding.
She had only burned it for 30 minutes and the wax and everything just started going all over the place. She said if her daughter hadn't been there and thrown it outside her house would have burned down.
Then another woman reported hers exploding and received 2nd and 3rd degree burns.
Company said it is very sorry and investigating but said their candles are safe when used as directed (trim wick, burn only 4 hours at a time etc).
But woman said she knew how to burn a candle and trim wicks and this had only been burning 30 minutes!
That is so scary!
I hadn't heard of this and I know a lot of people here buy these candles.
This was reported on wthr but other news sites as well.

@on the bay I just Googled this and the only thing about B&B candles exploding are from 2017. Do you have a link?

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KingstonsMom — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:56:58 GMT

@haddon9

Below is a link to the news source the OP mentioned seeing this, WTHR, which the incident IS from 2017.

https://www.wthr.com/article/mom-warning-others-after-bath-body-works-candle-blows-her-face

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wonderfulworld — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:41:17 GMT

I had a 3 wick candle that was pretty close to the bottom (maybe 1/3 left) and burning in one of those decorative metal containers they sell. The glass cracked up and I had wax all over my kitchen counter and dripping down onto my cabinet. It was just sitting on kitchen counter. The flame had extinguished itself.

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Suzeecat — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:18:52 GMT

Candles are scary and I'm always afraid that I will forget to extinguish them, so I switched over to wax melters. B&BW sold wax melts in some of their best selling scents but recently discontinued them. So, I just buy a candle and break up the wax and put some chunks in my wax melter.

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on the bay — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:55:46 GMT

@haddon9 -

The article (amoung many others) was from Jan 15, 2020.

Go to wthr.com-

a woman in NC

and there was another woman too.

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on the bay — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:56:59 GMT

@KingstonsMom -

The latest is from Jan 15, 2020, a woman from NC.

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on the bay — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:00:34 GMT

If you just put in wthr.com and scroll down or even just put in search bar bath and body works candles exploding,

this happened a few days ago.

I did not see the 2017 one you all are mentioning.

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Katcat1 — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:27:43 GMT

I stopped shopping at this store over 15 years ago.

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haddon9 — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:01:54 GMT

@on the bay wrote:
If you just put in wthr.com and scroll down or even just put in search bar bath and body works candles exploding,
this happened a few days ago.
I did not see the 2017 one you all are mentioning.

@on the bay Okay I looked that up and saw the story. Wow that's awful! Frustrating too since I purchased a few B&B candles over the holidays when they were having their 50% off sale....I wonder what made the candle explode? I never heard of that before.

I never leave the room with it burning....but still for it to explode is very scary!

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Pagan — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:29:59 GMT

The thing with the 3-wick candles is that the wicks are already close to the glass.

So if you’re not diligent about preventing deep wax pools and overlong wicks, the flame can easily get too close to the glass and shatter it.

The deep wax pool allows the wick to wander unsupported from its original position.

Long wicks can produce big flames, especially dangerous in a draft.

This shouldn’t normally happen after half an hour but if you didn’t look after the wicks on the last burn, they may already be too close to the glass before you even light the candle this time. Sometimes this is hidden by the way the wax has previously cooled.

I burn a lot of candles and I’ve always been wary of 3-wicks. They burn so fast and the wax melts so quickly, you’ve really got to watch them.

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Bridgegal — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:17:27 GMT

I didn't know anything about trimming the wick. How much should be trimmed off? Is this for all candles or only 3 wick ones?

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qualitygal — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:13:15 GMT

@Bridgegal wrote:
I didn't know anything about trimming the wick. How much should be trimmed off? Is this for all candles or only 3 wick ones?

I trim all wicks before I use them. I have a trimmer to do this with. Scissors can work.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:41:32 GMT

I remember a couple of years ago, when burning a 3 wick from Bath and Body Works, the glass felt so hot, I extinguished my candle.....I think you have to be especially careful with 3 wicks as they burn faster...

.I never burn a candle for more than a couple of hours anyways, and I always check my wicks, because I don't want all of that soot that comes with not trimming your wicks....

That is scary though..I still love candles and burn them all the time, but always only in the room that I am in, and always trim my wicks...