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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

Samsung Washing machine

Category

Washing Machine

Report number

20170927-D6F74-2147397178

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170927-D6F74-2147397178. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Samsung Washing machine. Incident: Our washing machine was on a lower spin cycle with bedding in it; it was spinning and had 35 minutes left to go. Thankfully my 3-year-old son was playing in the basement and yelled up to me, "fire!". I came running down and the entire basement smelled of burning plastic; I stopped the machine and cleared my son from the area in case it exploded. After a few minutes I opened the lid and a pillow was burning and the entire top part of the washer had exploded. The plastic was shredded and blown out and flying everywhere.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.
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Official report number: 20170927-D6F74-2147397178. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.