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A PSA From The Steph

Ok, this seems so simple, and people joke about it all the time, but it's very serious...clean out the lint traps in your dryers...and clean around them lint traps and under your dryers and behind them.

Here's why I have decided to post this public service announcement. In the last two nights I have responded to two house fires with the Red Cross...and both have been due to dryer fires. And at both houses, the lint traps were cleaned regularly. But lint flies around, builds up under the dryer, behind it...and falls into the lint trap holder thing (I don't know the real name). Think about it. How long have you had your dryer? Now think about how many times you have cleaned under, next to or behind that dryer since you bought it. For nearly everyone...the answer will be never. All it takes is the right combo of dryer lint/fuzz and heat to create a disaster in your home.

So take some time, and do the very simple task of cleaning around your dryer and help prevent a really disastrous event at your house. It's something so easy to do, but something none of us do.

posted by Steph @ 9:50 PM