An ancient British tumble dryer running for over three decades is still going strong. When Howard Lunn's old Creda model finally let him down he feared the worst in trying to get a replacement part ...

The Whirlpool Corporation is urging people who have purchased certain brands of Hotpoint and Indesit tumble dryers to unplug their machines until they have been repaired. The company previously ...

The government has annouced today it intends to serve Whirlpool with an “unprecedented” recall notice for tumble dryers at risk of starting fires. Consumer minister Kelly Tolhurst made the annoucement ...

A safety alert has been issued to tumble dryer owners that their appliances may pose a fire risk. Indesit warned that a fault with two types of tumble dryers, condenser and vented dryers, could expose ...

Millions of families were warned yesterday that their tumble dryers could be a potential fire hazard. The alert by Indesit, one of the leading manufacturers in the UK, follows a series of household ...

Two types of the appliances – condenser and vented dryers – sold under the Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda brands over the last 11 years in the UK and other countries are affected. The firm is in the ...

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Victims and politicians have demanded answers from Britain’s top tumble dryer supplier after a spate of fires linked to its machines. Whirlpool refused to tell the Mirror when it first detected the ...

Tumble dryers manufactured by Indesit (including Hotpoint and Creda) manufactred between April 2004 and September 2015 could cause a fire. REUTERS/Tony Gentile A significant number of tumble dryers ...

A family’s tumble dryer burst into flames - just days before it was revealed that millions of the appliances would be recalled due to fears about fires. Clive Eyre, 50, found 4ft high flames shooting ...