On 17/05/2018 07:04, wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2018 06:12:56 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 16/05/2018 21:14, Mary Poppins wrote:
Apparently the UK electric service is not as safe as "the knife" would
have us believe.


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/whirl...110056748.html


Erm, Whirlpool is an American company.

It doesn't sound like the fridge caused the problem.

Even if it was a "Hotpoint" ;-)

The article says they are looking at the construction and maintenance
of the building now. In the US a multifamily dwelling like that would
have required fire stopping between units and sprinklers. I bet we
still have old ones built before modern regulations that don't tho.
My wife is building a 4 unit building now and the fire containment and
suppression is impressive.

Whirlpool tumble dryers still 'catch fire' despite modifications to make ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/.../w...-watchdog-live...
25 Apr 2018 - WHIRLPOOL tumble dryers that have been modified or
replaced by the company for safety reasons may still be at risk of
catching fire.

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Bod