Dryer Fire News

Wicked Local - 2017-09-18

At about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, East Bridgewater firefighters responded to 39 McCordick Ave. for reports of smoke, East Bridgewater Fire Lt. ...read more

fox5sandiego.com - 2017-09-18

SAN DIEGO – A dryer was to blame for a house fire in the Lomita neighborhood, just east of Skyline Monday afternoon, authorities said. ...read more

Devon Live - 2017-09-18

Devon fire chiefs say this picture shows why you should never go out and leave your washing machine, tumble dryer or dishwasher running. ...read more

Alabama's News Leader - 2017-08-31

Numbers from the National Fire Protection Association show 14,000 fires a year due to dryers, causing $191 million dollars in property damage. ...read more

Journal & Topics Newspapers Online - 2017-08-31

Palatine-based Illinois Shotokan Karate Clubs (ISKC) announced that 12 of their students headed to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to compete in the ... ...read more

Alabama's News Leader - 2017-08-29

Last week fire broke out at a Hoover home caused by a dryer. Fortunately a smoke detector alerted the family. And at a Hoover fire station spokesperson Rusty ... ...read more

Payson Roundup - 2017-08-29

Hendrik Grobler, vice president of operations and Ina Grobler, office manager, said they did not believe there was a fire in the dryer, but ... ...read more

KTVZ - 2017-08-28

Bend fire officials say sprinkler confined fire to dryer in laundry room of Mt. Bachelor Assisted Living and Memory Care on Friday morning ... ...read more

KBND - 2017-08-25

BEND, OR -- About 75 residents of Mt. Bachelor Assisted Living and Memory Care were evacuated Friday morning, after a dryer cought fire, ... ...read more

UPMatters.com - 2017-08-25

KINGSFORD --No injuries were reported after a dryer caught fire in a Kingsford residence Saturday night. Shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, ... ...read more

Lake Country Calendar - 2017-08-25

Fire crews rushed to the scene of a blaze at a home on Abbot Street near ... The fire appeared to have started in a dryer inside the residence. ...read more

Irish Mirror - 2017-08-24

The fire spread through the bungalow, which is owned by Brian and ... He went into the utility room where he found the tumble dryer on fire. ...read more

Iron Mountain Daily News - 2017-08-24

They used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire and a positive pressure fan to ventilate the home. Damage was contained to the dryer and some ... ...read more

ITV News - 2017-08-24

The living room of a house in Newquay has been destroyed by fire. The blaze is believed to have broken out after a tumble dryer caught fire. ...read more

WZTV - 2017-08-24

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Fire Department urged families to maintain their dryers, after one family's appliance sparked two fires ... ...read more

Sault Star - 2017-08-21

The dryer was removed from the house. A load of clothes had been put in the dryer, and the dryer turned on, before the fire, said Martynuck. ...read more

Madison.com - 2017-08-17

A fire inside a commercial clothes dryer in the basement of an apartment building was confined to the appliance Tuesday night, with nobody ... ...read more

Bournemouth Echo - 2017-08-15

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) says many households have had dryers working overtime because of the recent bad ... ...read more

Brookfield Daily Voice - 2017-08-11

Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company responds to a basement fire Wednesday evening at a home on Candlewood Lake Road. Photo Credit: ... ...read more

Dayton Daily News - 2017-08-11

UPDATE @ 7:05 p.m.: A basement fire believed to be associated with a clothes dryer caused an estimated $25,000 in damage to a home on ... ...read more

East Bay Times - 2017-08-11

SAN PABLO — Fire investigators say a dryer in a laundry room appeared to be the cause of a one-alarm structure fire Thursday. At 6:33 p.m., ... ...read more

CapeCod.com News - 2017-08-10

YARMOUTH – Yarmouth Fire reports that at 3:20 PM, they responded to 897 Route 28, The Laundry Center, for an automatic alarm, while ... ...read more

Gazettextra - 2017-08-10

JANESVILLE—A dryer clogged with lint ignited and sparked a fire that spread to the roof at Monterey Mills in Janesville on Tuesday night, ... ...read more

WSET - 2017-08-10

(WSET) - Lynchburg fire officials say one person was injured after a fire at ... Firefighters at the scene found fire in the animal hospital's dryer. ...read more

Altrincham Today - 2017-08-08

Three crews attended a fire at Hale Country Club on Clay Lane in ... They discovered a fire that had originated in a tumble dryer in the drying ... ...read more

Elizabethtown News Enterprise - 2017-08-08

The fire, which started in the area of the clothes dryer resulted in a total loss of the home in the 3500 block Sportsman Lake Road, according to ... ...read more

Elizabethtown News Enterprise - 2017-08-07

An early morning fire Friday in Glendale resulted in the loss of a home ... The fire, which started in the area of the clothes dryer resulted in a total ... ...read more

Patch.com - 2017-08-07

SHORELINE, WA - The massive fire that destroyed the laundry facility at the state's Fircrest School may have started in a dryer. The two-alarm ... ...read more

Newcastle Herald - 2017-08-07

Officers from Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the blaze, which caused significant structural damage to the property. No one was at home at ... ...read more

Oxford Mail - 2017-08-07

The quick actions of firefighters prevented major damage to a home after a tumble dryer caught fire. The homeowners had already left the ... ...read more

Oxford Mail - 2017-08-07

AN ENTIRE house nearly burnt to the ground after a tumble dryer fire in Bicester yesterday. Fire crews from six stations fought the blaze at its ... ...read more

The News Journal - 2017-08-02

A basement fire already extinguished before emergency personnel arrived forced the evacuation of all guests from the Atlantic Sands Hotel in ... ...read more

Crewe Guardian - 2017-08-02

The crew, two of whom wore breathing apparatus, used a hose reel jet with a covering jet in place to put out the fire. A tumble dryer was then ... ...read more

Patch.com - 2017-07-26

The laundry building at the Fircrest campus in Shoreline burned to the ground Thursday. The fire may have started in dryer. ...read more

WWMT-TV - 2017-07-26

When firefighters arrived, they found a commercial dryer on fire in the laundry room. Hotel guests were evacuated for close to two hours while ... ...read more

Island Packet - 2017-07-26

A Burton home filled with smoke when a fire sparked inside a clothes dryer, according to a Burton Fire District news release. The appliance ... ...read more

Fox11online.com - 2017-07-18

COMBINED LOCKS (WLUK) -- Smoke and flames coming from the dryer, that's what Combined Locks Fire & Rescue and the Buchanan Fire ... ...read more

Fox17 - 2017-07-18

A fire in the laundry area at the Courtyard Marriot in Portage was a ... Officials arrived on scene and located the fire in a commercial dryer. ...read more

Kent Online - 2017-07-18

A fire service spokesman said: "Kent Fire and Rescue Service volunteers and the British Red Cross are attending to see to the welfare of the ... ...read more

Palm Beach Post - 2017-07-18

Original story: The Town of Palm Beach Fire Rescue is investigating the cause of a commercial-dryer fire that caused a 2-hour evacuation at the ... ...read more