WASHINGTON – Kyocera Wireless Corp. is recalling about 1 million cell phone batteries because some may be counterfeit, which could cause them to short-circuit, overheat and burn users.

The San Diego company has received 10 reports of battery failures – eight resulting in smoke and property damage and two that caused minor burn injuries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

Chris Carter of U.S. Cellular in Pendleton said the recall actually happened “four or five months ago,” and is old news that probably became publicized when Kyocera reported the problem to a federal agency.

“They informed us then and sent us new batteries,” Carter said.