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Clothes dryers were involved in 13,700 U.S. Home structure fires, Eight civilian deaths, 227 Civilian injuries and $62.7 Million in direct property damage, Annually during, 1990-1994.

Clothes dryers had the largest share of appliance and tool fires and the largest share of injuries and direct property damage.

The leading cause of clothes dryer fires was lack of maintenance.

Clothing (on or not on a person) was the leading form of material first ignited in clothes dryer fires, and lint, dust, or fiber was second. Combined, these items typically found in a dryer accounted for nearly three-fifths of the fires in clothes dryers.

Check out these statistics from the NFPA!
  • Clothes Dryer Fires Caused by Ignition Factor
  • Clothes Dryer Fires by Form of Material First Ignited

  • Article from a Local Newspaper about a Dryer Fire!

    Source : National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA 02269.


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