{"id":15143,"date":"2016-06-20T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=15143"},"modified":"2016-06-20T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:36:28","slug":"tumble-dryer-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/20\/tumble-dryer-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumble Dryer Inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to authorities, manufacturers are \u201cplaying Russian Roulette\u201d with thousands of lives as companies evade recollecting the \u201cdangerous\u201d appliances.<\/p>\n

In February Mishell Moloney, from Frankley, died in a house fire that was allegedly initiated by a faulty tumble dryer.<\/p>\n

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Mishell Moloney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paramedics attempted to recover the 49-year-old mum-of-two but she died at the scene in Coriander Close.<\/p>\n

Presently, the Local Government Association, which signifies 48 fires and rescue bodies in England and Wales, is calling for recollection on faulty machines.<\/p>\n

It cautions that instead of recalling them, companies running lengthy repair programmes for potentially hazardous machines were \u201crisking the lives of millions of customers\u201d.<\/p>\n

Manufacturers Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda are in the procedure of repairing dryers across the UK since parent company Whirlpool informed customers of the widespread safety flaw last October.<\/p>\n

The liability can lead to excess fluff gathering in the heating component in the machine and potentially instigating a fire.<\/p>\n

The LGA said: \u201cHomes have been ruined and, in some cases, the machines have burst into flames as people loaded them with clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeremy Hilton, Chairman of the LGA\u2019s Fire Services Management Committee, said: \u201cPeople using faulty tumble dryers are unwittingly playing Russian roulette.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeading manufacturers need to recall affected models as soon as possible to protect their customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighters are attending tumble dryer fires three times a day, which is alarming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese defective products are endangering lives, causing thousands of pounds of damage to homes and making people homeless.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople\u2019s safety must be the priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been months since some manufacturers issued safety warnings over their tumble dryers but they need to be recalled as these appliances are still causing fires.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil they do so, consumers continue to risk falling victim to a devastating and tragic house fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The LGA insisted that owners should clean out the section where fabric fibres build up after every drying load to decrease the risk of it exploding.<\/p>\n

They added that the vent or any other opening shouldn\u2019t be covered.<\/p>\n

It also advised that the machines should under no circumstances be left on overnight, or while no-one was at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to authorities, manufacturers are \u201cplaying Russian Roulette\u201d with thousands of lives as companies evade recollecting the \u201cdangerous\u201d appliances. In February Mishell Moloney, from Frankley, died in a house fire that was allegedly initiated by a faulty tumble dryer. Paramedics attempted to recover the 49-year-old mum-of-two but she died at the scene in Coriander Close. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":15145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,3,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}