Certain tumble dryers are at risk of fire. (Stock image: Getty) Owners of 85,000 tumble dryers are being urged to check if their machine needs an urgent safety repair because of the risk of fire. The ...

Optical-based smoke alarms use light instead. They are slightly better at detecting the large smoke particles created by slow ...

Fire crews were called to reports of a smoke coming from an industrial unit in Braddan yesterday afternoon. It happened ...

A house fire on Richardson Way in the Berry Edge Estate in Consett was likely caused by a tumble dryer, emergency services ...

‘Crews located an established fire involving an industrial tumble dryer within a laundry room. The fire was quickly brought ...

A tumble dryer caused a fire that damaged a restaurant, kitchen and upstairs flat, a fire service has said. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service attended a blaze on Friday night at Reeves ...

Thousands of tumble dryers in the UK have been labelled a fire hazard in a warning issued by the government. The alert affects more than 80,000 tumble dryers, which are in urgent need of repair.

A devastating house fire that put four people in hospital was probably caused by a tumble dryer, firefighters have said. The ...

Question: It seems like every year or so there is a local news story about a clothes dryer catching fire. I remember a few years back reading about a dryer fire that spread among several homes in ...