(Gray News) – The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling almost 3 million ceiling fans due to their potential to short circuit and start a fire.

The CPSC said the recall involves electric motors in fans used in gable and roof-mounted attic fans because the motors’ safety cutoffs may pose a risk of short circuit and a fire hazard while in use.

The fans were manufactured by Air Vent, Inc. and sold only from August 2003 through December 2013.

They have the model numbers of:

DOW-136-0-34-XIN

DOW-136-0-26-XIN

DOW-136-0-40-XIN

DOW-136-0-40-XIN-¾

D-RE-PSC-127/20-4P1SP

The CPSC said the attic fan motors can be identified by the distinctive vent pattern on the motor end bells. Only the fan motors with the distinctive vent pattern are being recalled.

If any of these fans have be

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