London fire brigade calls for urgent action on electrical goods safety

Government yet to implement any of LFB’s recommendations year after faulty tumble dryer caused serious tower block blazeUK householders remain at risk of injury and even death from potentially dangerous domestic white goods such as tumble dryers unless the government takes urgent action to improve safety standards, the London fire brigade warns.A year after a serious blaze caused by a faulty Indesit tumble dryer ripped through several homes in a tower block in Shepherds Bush, west London, the government has yet to implement any of safety recommendations made by the brigade following the fire, which was attended by 20 engines and 110 firefighters. Continue reading…
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