U.S.RECALL UPDATE

Laminator recall: owners line up to return melting machines

The recalled laminators were sold through Amazon and can overheat, so owners are being told to unplug them now; the coupons, sadly, are not covered.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 1:36 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

At a glance

First reported by ABC27: “Laminators sold on Amazon recalled due to fire hazard”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 1:36 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Amazon.

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Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThese are the machines sold on Amazon that can overheat and start a fire, so the advice is simple: unplug it and stop using it today.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI covered twenty years of evacuations and nobody ever asked me to save a pouch of sheet protectors.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSir, you brought one in. How long have you owned it?
Gus VarnellEleven years, ma'am, and I've sealed every coupon I ever clipped. I'm not scared of the fire, I'm scared of a soggy coupon.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEleven years of coupons.