Article: FIRST ALERT SMOKE ALARMS, COMBINATION SMOKE/CO ALARMS RECALLED FOR RAPIDLY DRAINING BATTERY POWER

The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following press release:

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

NAME OF PRODUCT: First Alert ONELINK Battery-Powered Smoke and Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms

UNITS: About 145,890 (About 52,400 were sold to consumers)

MANUFACTURER: BRK Brands Inc., a subsidiary of First Alert Inc., of Aurora, Ill.

HAZARD: These alarms can drain the power from batteries rapidly, causing premature low battery power. Consumers will be alerted ...

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