Dryer Fire News

FOX 46 Charlotte - 2018-08-09

CHARLOTTE. NC (FOX 46 WJZY) - A dryer is to blame for causing a fire at a northeast Charlotte home Saturday evening. The Charlotte Fire ... ...read more

WspyNews (press release) - 2018-08-03

Fire officials say fire crews responded to a dryer fire at the Plano Laundromat Express on W. South St. on Thursday afternoon. Little Rock-Fox ... ...read more

KSBY San Luis Obispo News - 2018-08-03

Dryers cause thousands of fires a year when they get too dirty. Lint can build up in these common household appliances and catch fire if they ... ...read more

The Sun Chronicle - 2018-07-30

An employee who attempted to put out the fire was taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital for smoke inhalation, Puleo said. Firefighters also had to ... ...read more

fox2now.com - 2018-07-30

CEDAR HILL, Mo. - A Jefferson County family lost its home, belongings, and new puppy after investigators said the family's clothes dryer caught ... ...read more

KSBY San Luis Obispo News - 2018-07-30

Firefighters were called to a fire late Monday night at the San Simeon Lodge. A dryer and a garbage can reportedly caught fire around 10 p.m. ... ...read more

Enid News & Eagle - 2018-07-30

The cause of a house fire in Enid Thursday likely was a clothes dryer, ... It's believed the fire started in the clothes dryer, with no one home when ... ...read more

Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3 - 2018-07-30

MADISON, Wis. - Firefighters found smoldering clothes in a dryer Tuesday night when responding to a fire call on Madison's east side, ... ...read more

Patch.com - 2018-07-30

STUDIO CITY, CA — A fire began in a clothes dryer and spread to the walls of a Studio City house Monday afternoon, but no one was hurt. ...read more

Fox11online.com - 2018-07-30

RIPON (WLUK) -- Firefighters said a dryer is responsible for a fire Sunday evening in Ripon. Crews said the fire destroyed a home on County ... ...read more

OttawaMatters.com - 2018-07-30

Gatineau fire crews were called to a home at 337 des Framboisiers around 9:40 a.m. Thursday, to deal with a blaze caused by a malfunctioning ... ...read more

KHOU.com - 2018-07-19

Some Austin firefighters have a side business cleaning out lint behind and inside your dryer so it won't catch on fire. Experts say it's a good idea ... ...read more

NorthJersey.com - 2018-07-19

Firefighters responded to a Wyckoff fire on Saturday. "The fire was contained to the [clothes] dryer," Wyckoff Fire Chief Tim Brock said on the ... ...read more

KVUE.com - 2018-07-19

That's why a group of full-time professional firefighters are using what little off-time they have to teach dryer fire prevention by going into homes ... ...read more

The Tennessean - 2018-07-19

The Facebook post states that the initial investigation indicates that a clothes dryer could have caused the fire, though it is not clear if the ... ...read more

Steamboat Pilot and Today - 2018-07-19

Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters were called at about 11:45 p.m. to the 65-unit Bear Claw II condominiums, where a dryer had ... ...read more

Times Colonist - 2018-07-19

The staff member smelled smoke and found the dryer on fire in an upstairs part of the Fort Street pub, said general manager Brock Carbery. ...read more

Albert Lea Tribune - 2018-07-19

The Albert Lea Fire Department responded to a dryer fire at the laundromat on Hendrickson Road Monday night. Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea ... ...read more

Ottawa Citizen - 2018-07-09

A fire in a Laurier Avenue apartment building turned out to be less serious than first thought after a clothes dryer caught fire, sending heavy ... ...read more

Fox11online.com - 2018-07-09

RIPON (WLUK) -- Firefighters said a dryer is responsible for a fire Sunday evening ... Crews said the fire destroyed a home on County Road E. ...read more

KAKE - 2018-07-09

Wichita Fire Fighters had to shut down traffic in the 1200 block of North Broadway ... Firefighters say a dryer with towels inside had caught fire. ...read more

Cheektowaga Chronicle - 2018-07-09

CHEEKTOWAGA – Several fire departments assisted U-Crest firefighters at the scene of a dryer fire at 19 Heritage Court Thursday afternoon. ...read more

Lawrence Journal-World - 2018-07-09

An obstructed dryer exhaust outlet caused last week's fire at the clubhouse of a Lawrence apartment complex, investigators say. The accidental ... ...read more

CapeCod.com News - 2018-07-09

According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the leading cause of clothes dryer fires is the failure to clean them properly, and ... ...read more

mykawartha.com - 2018-06-28

Kawartha Lakes Police and Kawartha Lakes Fire Rescue responded to a house fire on Albert Street South in Lindsay on Monday (June 25). ...read more

13WMAZ.com - 2018-06-27

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, nearly 3,000 fires are sparked every year by your dryer and nearly all of them, are preventable. ...read more

WABI - 2018-06-27

Eddington Fire Chief James Ellis says the father put some clothes in the dryer, turned it on, then left with his kids, so no one was home when the ... ...read more

13WHAM-TV - 2018-06-27

Man burned while trying to help put out laundromat fire in Rochester ... Rochester firefighters responded to the report of a dryer fire at Classic ... ...read more

Patch.com - 2018-06-27

About 4:23 p.m. firefighters were called to a four story brick building with a report of a fire. The fire started in a clothes dryer, but was contained ... ...read more

The Southland Times - 2018-06-27

Emergency services were called to a Dunedin property after a dryer caught ... A person was taken to hospital after a dryer caught on fire at their ... ...read more

The News Journal - 2018-06-14

We believe it started in the dryer. When smoke detectors started going off, he came out of his bedroom and it was smoked up,” Woods said. ...read more

Stoke-on-Trent Live - 2018-06-13

Police cordoned off a Stoke-on-Trent road as firefighters worked to extinguish a kitchen fire. Emergency services were called to Ryder Road, ... ...read more

Chickasha Express Star - 2018-06-08

Part of Kansas Ave. near the intersection on 4th St. was temporality closed around 9:30 a.m. as the Chickasha Fire Department, the Chickasha ... ...read more

The Killeen Daily Herald - 2018-06-06

Mahlstedt was not sure of the cause in this case because the fire marshal was not called to the scene. He said dryer fires are uncommon but ... ...read more

This Is Lancashire - 2018-06-05

TWO people were rescued from the roof of a house after a tumble dryer fire last night. Three engines from Clitheroe and Great Harwood attended the scene at ... ...read more

Toledo Blade - 2018-06-04

Toledo Fire Lt. Ben Holt loads gear on a drying rack to demonstrate one of the department's new initiatives to help firefighters combat long-term ... ...read more

Monroe Courier - 2018-06-04

A smoke detector alerted a Freedman Lane family to a dryer fire that caused fire and smoke damage in the lower level of a single family home. ...read more

News8000.com - WKBT - 2018-05-31

Although an exact cause hasn't been determined yet, investigators say it appears the La Fond Avenue fire yesterday started in the dryer vent ... ...read more

CT Post - 2018-05-31

STEPNEY — Firefighters ensured a fire was contained to a dryer in a residence by quickly responding and putting the flame out. The Stepney ... ...read more

Realtor.com News - 2018-05-31

So let's take a look at appliances that could start a fire—and what you can ... Dryers, for example, can catch fire because of common electrical ... ...read more