March 31 (UPI) -- Federal regulators have announced a voluntary recall of some 53,000 hoverboards after two girls died in a fire.
The recall of the 42-volt self-balancing hoverboards was announced Thursday by the company Jetson Electric Bikes of Brooklyn, N.Y., and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in a joint statement, saying the product's battery pack can overheat, posing a fire hazard.