Amazon will offer refunds for those who bought hoverboards through their site, according a release from the Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC).

Amazon is offering customers who bought hoverboards their money back as officials continue to fan the flames of concern about the products’ safety.The Everything Store says that electronics users turned off by reports of the devices exploding can return them for a full refund, Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye said.Kaye lauded the company “erring on the side of caution” in a release where he pointed to the dangers of the two-wheeled scooters, which do not actually hover.The CPSC said it was looking into dozens of blazes involving the smart boards, thought to be caused by lithium-ion batteries and the hoverboards’ electronic wiring.

New York has its first hoverboard fire.One of the trendy wheeled gliders burst into flames after it started smoking inside a Brooklyn apartment building, FDNY officials said Wednesday.No one was injured.The hoverboard was being charged inside a sixth-floor apartment in the Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights about 5 p.m. Tuesday when it started smoking.



Amazon stopped selling many models in December and said some U.K. customers should take throw devices that cost hundreds of dollars away at a local recycle center. It is not known what countries are eligible for the current hoverboard refund or if any conditions apply.A request for comment from Amazon was not immediately answered Wednesday night.Amazon.com still offers some hoverboards including a model from Swagway, which is listed as one of the 13 companies whose products are being investigated by the CPSC.

The group’s safety-conscious chairman Kaye also said that the boards present a serious falling risk, a comment supported by dozens of videos showing users, including boxing legend Mike Tyson, falling from scooters onto their keisters.He said that “the current designs of these products might not take fully into consideration the different weights of different users, potentially leading to the units speeding up or lurching in a manner that a user would not have reason to anticipate.”

Amazon’s refund offer is the latest in a series of hiccups for hoverboards, which have been banned by major airlines and major colleges in addition to being restricted to ground transportation by the U.S. Postal Service.