Good Earth Lighting is recalling 1.2 million lithium battery-powered light units due to the risk of fire. One death was reported from a battery blaze.

Good Earth Lighting, based in Illinois, has received 10 reports of the lights overheating, with six incidents leading to fire and one of the fires killing a person in 2023. A second person was treated for inhaling smoke from the fatal fire, according to a news release Thursday from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The lights are intended to replace permanent fixtures in places where wall outlets are inconvenient to install, such as closets, cupboards and staircases. When the batteries in recalled units overheat, the plastic around the light can alight.

The recall affects rechargeable lights with model numbers starting with the sequences RE1122, RE1145, RE1362 and RE1250. 

The lights, made in Cambodia and China, were sold from June 2017 to December 2023 at Ace Hardware, Meijer, Menards, Lowe’s, Amazon, QVC and on the Good Earth Lighting website. Of the recalled units, 37,800 were sold in Canada.

Individual lights cost about $20, with bundles costing about $35, according to the CPSC.

Good Earth Lighting is offering customers free replacements for their recalled lights and urges consumers to “immediately unplug and stop using your unit.” The company said the new lights are free of the issue that caused the overheating, though the company didn’t specify what the solution to the problem was.

The recalled models were taken off the market in January. The recall was initiated only this week due to procedural reasons.

“We have been working in close coordination with the [CPSC] to conduct our investigation, submit the results for the agency’s review and develop an appropriate replacement program. As soon as this process was completed, our company announced the voluntary recall jointly with the CPSC,” a Good Earth Lighting spokesperson told CBS News.