fire hazard

General Electric (GE) announced Tuesday that it is recalling 174,000 dishwashers because of a potential fire hazard. GE Profile and GE Monogram dishwashers may be susceptible to water condensation dripping onto the electronic control board, resulting in a short circuit and an overheated connector....

Frigidaire is recalling 35,000 washing machines manufactured under a variety of brand names because they could catch on fire due to a problem with the drain pump, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The American-made machines were sold between February and May for between $300 and...

In many situations these days, it sometimes takes a tragedy and/or lawsuit to expose unknown dangers. Such is the case with a recent accidental death, which has revealed a startling truth about the possible flammability of some adult sanitary undergarments. Recently, a resident of a Spokane Valley...