Mrs Jordan put some washing on and jumped in the pool. The machine caught fire while she was swimming. “We slept in the car that night,” Mrs Jordan, from Terranora in northern NSW, recalled this week.

A fire caused by a washing machine in Poole has prompted a safety advice from the fire service with residents urged not to leave appliances running unattended or overnight. Fire crews from Westbourne ...

The pair were hospitalised after the Samsung top-loader caught fire in Auburn on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters and NSW Fair Trading officers are trying to determine whether the Samsung machine was ...

Appliance recalls are nothing new, and while some may not affect you, others can pose a serious safety risk if not addressed. In 2022, Samsung initiated a voluntary recall of several models of ...

Whirlpool has recalled more Irish-sold Indesit and Hotpoint washing machines over fire risk concerns – the third time Whirlpool has done so in the last few months. Following new safety checks, a ...

OVER two years since the recall of 144,000 Samsung washing machine was announced, 45 047 recalled machines haven't been located, posing a serious fire risk. "Each of these machines is a fire risk and ...

A family's Christmas has been left in tatters after a washing machine caught fire and destroyed their conservatory. Fire crews were scrambled to a home in Saltash, Cornwall, in the early hours of ...

A huge fire at a circus during a live performance was caused by a faulty washing machine, BBC Scotland News can reveal. Firefighters were called to a trailer on fire at the Big Kid Circus in ...

A Logan grandmother has lost a lifetime of memories as her washing machine became engulfed in flames and destroyed her home, just one week before her 90th birthday. Margaret Nothrop, originally from ...