THERE’S a potential killer in nearly everyone’s home, as chilling as that sounds — your refrigerator!
Fridges and other trusted household appliances come with a hidden danger lurking behind their domestic helpfulness, with fire departments across the U.S. responding to thousands of calls annually when labor-saving amenities go on the blink and go ablaze — sometimes with deadly results.
In 2017, 70 people died and 70 more were injured when a residential fridge went on the fritz from an electrical problem and turned into an inferno, decimating a 24-story high-rise in London in the worst fire disaster in Britain since the German blitz in World War II.
But iceboxes are no less dangerous in America! A study shows that from 2006 to 2010, 1,710 U.S. homes were engulfed in refrigerator fires, causing two…
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Globe (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 27, 2025