Urgent safety warning: Kmart pulls popular Christmas toy from shelves after catching on fire
<p>A kids toy from Kmart, which was popular at Christmas, has been pulled from stores after several complaints it caught on fire.</p>
<p>Samantha Sholly went to Facebook Sunday night to warn parents after the charging cable for the ATV Madness remote control quad bike purchased as a gift for her 4-year-old son caught on fire.</p>
<p>“WARNING! If anyone has bought this ATV from Kmart, be very careful. We have had our charger catch on fire. LUCKY it was caught early!! (sic),” the mother warned online.</p>
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<p>The Adelaide mother says her babies were just a few metres from the charging cable in their kitchen on Boxing Day.</p>
<p>Within two hours of the charging cable being plugged into an electric source, Samantha’s sister, Alexandra smelt something burning.</p>
<p>The surrounding rubber of the charging cable had begun melting after a small flame lit from it.</p>
<p>“It was pretty scary,” Ms Solly <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/pretty-scary-kmart-pulls-toy-after-reports-they-were-catching-fire-20190101-p50p4g.html">said to The Age.</a> “I’m just lucky my sister caught it when she did.”</p>
<p>The Kmart quality teams said they were investigating claims its remote-controlled quad bike charger for the toy could be dangerous while charging.</p>
<p>Several images and warnings have been posted on social media showing charging components that have melted through after catching fire. However, a recall on the product has not been issued, despite concern from parents online.</p>
<p>A spokesperson told <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-01/kmart-toy-pulled-from-shelves-over-fire-hazard/10675602">the ABC the decision to pull the popular toy</a> from shelves was made on Thursday.</p>
<p>"At Kmart, we take the quality and safety of our products very seriously, which is why we made the decision to withdraw the remote-control quad bike from sale, pending investigation from our quality team," she said.</p>
<p>Any concerns regarding the product have been encouraged to contact the Kmart customer service team at 1800 124 125.</p>
