Dryer Fire News

MassLive.com - 2018-08-27

CHICOPEE - Four people were displaced after a dryer in the basement of their home caught fire Sunday. The fire at 100 Stebbins St. was ... ...read more

Cape Cod Times - 2018-08-27

BOURNE — A fire Thursday night could have been a lot worse had the person who discovered it not acted accordingly, a Bourne Fire ... ...read more

Chicago Daily Herald - 2018-08-27

No injuries were reported early Sunday after fire broke out in a ... Court at 1:31 a.m. arrived to find smoke on the first floor and a dryer fire in the ... ...read more

WDBJ7 - 2018-08-13

Upon arrival, crews found a dryer on fire and were able to extinguish the flames shortly after. The house sustained minimal damage, crews say. ...read more

MyDaytonDailyNews - 2018-08-13

UPDATE @ 7:10 p.m.: The house fire was traced to a clothes dryer in the basement and the appliance's motor could have locked up, ... ...read more

York News-Times - 2018-08-13

YORK – At 8:51 a.m., Monday, the York Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at Nutrition Services at Fourth and Division Avenue. ...read more

Patch.com - 2018-08-13

ORLAND PARK, IL -- Firefighters saved three elderly residents and their dogs after a dryer caught on fire inside an Orland Park home on Friday ... ...read more

MyDaytonDailyNews - 2018-08-09

Firefighters have responded to reports of a house fire on West Pleasant Street in Springfield Wednesday afternoon. Crews were dispatched to ... ...read more

MassLive.com - 2018-08-09

While fire investigators could not definitely say the cause was the dryer until it is examined more closely, malfunctioning electrical controls ... ...read more

Eagle-Tribune - 2018-08-09

Firefighters responded to a call from a woman at 51 Andover St. about a possible dryer fire at 10:09 a.m., Tuesday. Residents in the home were ... ...read more

WHAV News - 2018-08-09

A house fire in the wall behind a clothes dryer left an Andover family's home with smoke and water damage after a quickly contained blaze ... ...read more

Bury Times - 2018-08-09

The warning follows a house fire in Bury on Sunday when a kitchen was destroyed by a tumble dryer igniting. In the last three years there has ... ...read more

Reuters - 2018-08-09

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed on judicial economy grounds most of a property insurer's lawsuit against Electrolux Home ... ...read more

Law.com - 2018-08-09

According to Leeson's opinion, Allstate sued Electrolux on behalf of its insureds, who sustained losses from the dryer fires and the company ... ...read more

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