The kitchen appliances that burst into flames – and the struggle to replace them

Whirlpool has avoided a recall of some models of tumble dryer and dishwasher, but at what cost to the consumer?Sue Houseago’s decision last month to stay up late to tend her new puppy probably saved her life. At midnight there was a roar and black smoke poured from the dishwasher which she had set running that evening. Then it burst into flames.“I piled wet towels on the fire,” she recalls. “The smoke was dense and choking, but I couldn’t leave the machine to call f