In July, the Government ordered manufacturer Whirlpool to step up efforts to warn customers and fix or replace the death-trap appliances, resulting in 65,000 owners coming forward. However, this ...

Urgent warning as 85,000 tumble dryers in UK risk catching fire - Eight brands are affected by the warning and are at risk of catching fire ...

Up to 800,000 faulty tumble dryers can be found in UK homes, Whirlpool has admitted. A recall notice of up to 500,000 dryers which are a fire risk was issued by the Government in June - but when ...

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13:57, Thu, Jul 25, 2019 Updated: 14:03, Thu, Jul 25, 2019 Whirlpool has recalled around 500,000 dangerous tumble dryers which were sold for 11 years in the UK following dozens of fires. The recall ...

Whirlpool has issued an urgent appeal for owners of at-risk tumble dryers to get in touch and have them replaced or modified. The firm launched a full recall involving 500,000 dryers in June and said ...

Tens of thousands of tumble dryers in the UK have been labelled a fire hazard with owners told not to turn them on. The government warning says that as many as 85,000 tumble dryers made by Chinese ...