Firefighters Tackle Tumble Dryer Blaze
Written by HFM News on 2nd November 2021
Firefighters have tackled a blaze involving a tumble dryer at a house in Desborough.
They were called to Rushton Road just after 8am yesterday morning.
No-one was injured and the cause is being put down to a fault with the appliance.
A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service told Hfm: “On arrival, crews from Kettering and Corby discovered that a tumble dryer was on fire.
“They isolated the electrics, extinguished the flames using a hose reel jet and used a fan to clear away smoke before removing the tumble dryer from the property.
“The fire was started accidentally and is believed to be due to a fault on the appliance.”
As winter approaches, appliances such as tumble dryers are more likely to be used and the fire service have issued some simple tumble dryer fire safety tips, to keep homes as safe as possible:
- Remove the lint from the trap after every load of clothes dried
- Do not cover the vent or any other opening
- Only used recommended vent pipes and ensure the it’s is free of kinks and is not crushed in any way
- Only vent the warm air to the outside of a building
- Do not put rags or materials into your tumble dryer if they have been used to soak up flammable liquids/fats/oils
