28-08-2020, 11:48 PM
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A freak accident - and a warning
I saw in our local paper today, that a pub in one of the local villages , had an unusual fire.Firefighters found the source of the smoke to be a pile of tea towels and cloths which had just been freshly laundered and tumble-dryed.
The landlord said, after the towels were collected from the dryer, they were put then into a wash basket and taken downstairs to the pub.
He said - " Every week it is the same routine. I tumble-dried them and left them in the basket and went out.
They started smouldering and were like that for three hours. We were so lucky there wasn't any fire damage."
The article went on to say: "Although the phenomenom of this type of spontaneous combustion is very rare, there are nationally reported cases of significant damage being caused to different premises.
These types of fires can happen when tea towels still contain residues of fats and grease, despite having been washed. If they are taken from the tumble-dryer and piled up, they may still hold heat within the centre of the stack."
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I remember being told about a similar thing to this happening when we do ironing too.
When we iron with a hot iron, then fold and stack things up the heat can't escape from the material and can start smouldering later in the airing cupboard.
29-08-2020, 09:15 AM
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Re: A freak accident - and a warning
Originally Posted by Muddy
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As I never iron anymore I am in no danger 
29-08-2020, 10:28 AM
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Re: A freak accident - and a warning
Originally Posted by Muddy
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As I never iron anymore I am in no danger
Ditto!
I only iron bed linen when we have guests coming to stay
Scary story though
Tumble driers seem to be a bit of a fire hazard, what with fluff and lint build up etc. I still have the Creda tumble drier I bought circa 1974, it still works (shouldn't have said that!
) but I very rarely use it.
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