I had a service suddenly catch fire some years ago, but it was not serious
and self extinguished. Caused through dry joints sparking on a pcb and the
lacquer used to protect it was what caught fire, but the pcb itself and
everything around it were fire retardant, so although it made a crackling
sound emitted a lot of pungent smoke it did not really do any damage to the
room it was in. Of course it could not really be repaired since the
original fault was mechanical which had overheated joints etc etc.
Sometimes you have to just say its ready for the scrap heap.
Brian

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On Tuesday, 17 December 2019 16:07:21 UTC, GB wrote:
It's unlikely to cause a serious fire, and
indeed, according to the BBC, there have been none.

"Some, about 20%, of the Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines sold since
2014 are affected by the fault. Up to 519,000 washing machines sold in the
UK are involved. Seventy-nine fires are thought to have been caused by the
fault which develops over time, according to Whirlpool, which owns the
brands."

I don't know if it was one of these brands, but I know someone who had a
washing machine fire. If they had been out of the house, or hadn't dragged
the machine out of the kitchen door, they'd probably have lost the house.

Owain