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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

LG DLG2051W

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20161013-B1013-2147412043

Ownership age

About 75 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161013-B1013-2147412043. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG DLG2051W. Incident: Gas Clothes Dryer burst on fire, severely damaging unit and clothes and created extreme risk of house fire. Incident occurred during routine household drying of clothes. Burning smell alerted consumer to pull plug on machine and put out fire. Incident occurred on Oct. 11, 2016. An LG service Technician ([REDACTED]) arrived on Oct. 13, 2016 and determined that the cause of the fire was due to an electrical short involving wires in the machine connecting the control console to the gas burner.

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Official report number: 20161013-B1013-2147412043. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.