Samsung Electronics America issued a recall this week for over 1 million electric and gas stoves, warning that the products’ sensitive knobs can be turned on by children or pets and cause fires.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall affects 1.1 million units sold from 2013 to 2024. Samsung says the front-mounted knobs used to control the stove can be accidentally activated by children or pets, igniting items left on the stovetop.

Samsung said it will issue free protective knob covers to affected consumers. The CPSC is urging customers to keep children and pets away from the stoves until the knob covers arrive.

The CPSC said in June that it was aware of reports from Samsung that the stoves caused fires after being activated by pets or children. According to Samsung, it has seen at least 300 reports of accidental fires started by pets or humans bumping into the stove’s knobs.

The company has also received around 40 injury reports, with seven resulting in pets’ deaths.

Viral videos have circulated for months showing exactly how dangerous the sensitive knobs can be. One video, filmed in June, showed a Colorado dog pawing at the Samsung stove’s knobs and igniting boxes on top of the stove, starting a house fire.

• Vaughn Cockayne can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.