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LockedFire in the dryer

posted on November 21, 2009 at 09:48AM Inappropriate?

Be very carefull of Sears dryers.... mine caught on FIRE!!

replies: 5 latest post: December 13, 2009 at 02:22AM by houdiniphile
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posted on November 21, 2009 at 10:39AM
 
In response to azfox's post from November 21 2009 09:48AM

Yikes!  Thats horrible!  Where did the fire come from?  The electrical connection? Lint Trap?  I hope you called the service line about it.

posted on November 21, 2009 at 11:21AM
 

Which dryer model?

Who installed it?

What caught fire?

Electrical or gas machine?

Any ideas on how you might not have anything else "catch fire" in your dryer?

This is a really rare thing to happen in a laundry machine.

Did a bulld up of lint catch fire?

Did you take pictures?

posted on December 12, 2009 at 10:09PM
 

My Sears gas dryer caught on fire yesterday morning.  It is toast!  I was burning mainly in the front right side.  That is where the most black is on the outside.  All plastic is completely melted.  I always had lint build up on that area, but it had a service treatment last year to clean all the lint out, and I always clean my lint screen.  I was lucky that just the dryer is gone, the firemen took it out, so we only had damage to the dryer and fire extinguisher dust all over the place and a bad smell.  I am lucky as I was soon to leave for work, but I had two sons asleep, so I feel lucky that all I lost was the dryer.

posted on December 12, 2009 at 10:13PM
 

Wow, momomma, that must have been scary! Do you regularly clean your venting, including the outside vent where the air exits the house? Very often, lint build-up in venting is the cause of dryer fires. Did you have the fire department check things out to determine the cause?

posted on December 13, 2009 at 02:22AM
 

I am glad they are okay. It was probably not dryer lint. Having experience with washers and dryers misbehaving I can tell you it isn't the model either. Cue up the theme to the "Twilight Zone".

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