Fire officials are reminding local residents to make sure their smoke alarms are working after a dryer hose caused a one-alarm fire in West Newbury early Tuesday morning. At 2:42 a.m. Tuesday, ...

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I've always said that cleaning your dryer vent twice a year — with the daylight savings time changes — is an easy, and very satisfying chore. Some experts recommend doing it quarterly. Unfortunately, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleaning out the lint and clearing the exhaust hose for your dryer is the best defense against dryer fires, like the kind that ignited at an Amherst home. “It’s not the ...

While you’re likely accustomed to cleaning out the lint trap after each dryer cycle, there’s another critical area that needs regular attention—the space just underneath the lint trap. Lint, dust, ...

WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) -- Firefighters in Wilmington, Delaware are warning people to clean out their clothes dryer after they brought a basement fire under control Monday. The Wilmington Fire ...

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AUBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - Massachusetts fire officials are urging the public to inspect their dryer vent hose and to change it out if need be to avoid potential danger. In a tweet, Auburn Fire Rescue ...

Dear Heloise: We recently had a fire at home, which started with our dryer. The fire department came in a flash and contained the fire, so the damage to our home was minimal. However, the firemen gave ...

KIEL, Wis. - Firefighters from more than a dozen fire departments battled a corn dryer fire at the Country Visions Co-op in Kiel, Wisconsin on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Emergency crews were dispatched to the ...

Larry and Charlotte called us from Cocoa because they saw our segment on cleaning out a dryer vent hose to get rid of lint buildup and reduce the risk of a fire, but they had a problem - they couldn’t ...