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Clean out your dryers: Lint responsible for 3,000 house fires in the US every year

from KYTV-TV

Clean out your dryers: Lint responsible for 3,000 house fires in the US every year KYTV-TV Lint is very combustible. As heat builds in the dryer, with air blowing through the ductwork, it can cause the lint to reach its ignition temperature. Whitney Weaver, the assistant fire chief for the Nixa Fire Department in Missouri, said, "It'll just start to light off and smoke and smolder." In most dryer fires he has experienced, the dryer was just smoking. In the worst cases, the dryer has caught the entire house on fire. READ MORE

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