IKEA warns customers to use wall anchors after falling drawers kill toddlers

Ikea has warned customers they must use a wall-anchoring kit with its drawers and dressers after two US toddlers were killed last year.

IKEA warns customers to use wall anchors after falling drawers kill toddlers

Ikea has warned customers they must use a wall-anchoring kit with its drawers and dressers after two US toddlers were killed last year.

The furniture giant has announced a free wall-anchoring kit programme with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which said consumers should immediately stop using Ikea chests and drawers over a certain height unless they are securely fixed to the wall.

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