CPSC: BJ’s Wholesale Club Agrees to Pay $9 Million Civil Penalty for Failure to Immediately Report Portable Air Conditioners Posing Burn and Fire Hazards; One Person Died in Fire Involving the Air Conditioners

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing that BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay a $9 million civil penalty. The settlement resolves CPSC’s charges that BJ’s knowingly failed to…