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Clean the Lint Filter and Everywhere else Lint Lurks    When you do your spring cleaning, there's no doubt one of the rooms you clean is your laundry room. If you're really ambitious you may pull the washer and dryer out and sweep around them, get any gunk from dripped soap off the surface of the...

One night at just after 8pm a fire broke out in North Londonderry.  Located in the tight nit community of Bockman's Mobile Home Park, a neighbor saw flames coming from a drier vent and he called the fire department.  According to neighbors, the home owner had "Left the dryer going when he went of...

The National Fire Prevention Association reports over 15,000 clothes dryer fires annually; most of them could have been prevented with proper dryer vent maintenance.  There are many warning signs that indicate a possible fire hazard:    Clothes taking several cycles to dry:  A lot of people think...