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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 destroyed in fire. Most likely WA45H7000AW or WA52

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20171024-6B08D-2147396502

Ownership age

About 15 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Structural / mechanical failure

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20171024-6B08D-2147396502. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Samsung destroyed in fire. Most likely WA45H7000AW or WA52. Source model text: WA45H7000AW/A2. Incident: Wash machine was being used to wash sheets. Heard loud banging. Saw the wash machine had been broken during a cycle. It had moved about 1.5 feet from its normal location. The top had been torn from the sides. The tub was completely broken and off center. The sides of the washer was bent.

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Official report number: 20171024-6B08D-2147396502. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.