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        <title><![CDATA[Home-security startup Ring recalls doorbells that can catch on fire]]></title>
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						<p>Home-security startup Ring is recalling about 350,000 video doorbells that could catch on fire if they&#8217;re not installed properly.</p>
<p>The camera-equipped doorbells&#8217; batteries can overheat if the wrong screws are used to mount them, the Amazon-owned company said in a <strong>recall notice</strong> filed with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.</p>
<p>Ring has received 23 reports of these second-generation doorbells actually igniting and causing minor property damage, along with eight reports of &#8220;minor burns,&#8221; according to the Tuesday notice.</p>
<p>California-based Ring says customers who bought one of the doorbells — which were sold from June through October of this year for about $100 — just need to install them correctly rather than return them.</p>
<figure id="attachment_16602195"  class="wp-caption alignleft"><strong><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/11/11/home-security-startup-ring-recalls-doorbells-that-can-catch-on-fire-0.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>A Ring video doorbell</span><span class="credit">Ring</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>The company recommends following the revised <strong>installation instructions</strong> it has posted on its website, which warn that securing the doorbell to its bracket with any screws other than the included &#8220;short security screws&#8221; could damage the battery.</p>
<p>&#8220;If the doorbell is installed correctly, there is no risk to consumers or potential hazard present,&#8221; Ring <strong>said</strong> on its website.</p>
<p>Ring didn&#8217;t say exactly what someone should do if they&#8217;ve installed a doorbell incorrectly or had the battery overheat. The company didn&#8217;t immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>Ring&#8217;s video doorbells capture footage of visitors to the home that can be beamed to the user&#8217;s smartphone. In September, Amazon unveiled a futuristic Ring drone camera that <strong>flies around inside the user&#8217;s house.</strong></p>
			
					
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