Kidde Smoke Alarms Recalled; May Fail To Work During Fire

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(CBS) -- About 226,000 Kidde TruSense smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are being recalled because they may not work in case of an emergency.

The recall notice shared by the Consumer Product Safety Commission says "the smoke alarm and the combination smoke/carbon monoxide (CO) alarm can fail to alert consumers to a fire."

The devices made in China were sold online and at stores nationwide including Home Depot, Walmart and Amazon from May 2019 to September 2020 for between $10 and $70.

So far, no incidents or injuries have been reported.

The recalled alarms are model series 2040, 2050, 2060 and 2070.

Recalled Kidde smoke alarm models (Image credit: CPSC)

Click here to read the full recall notice.