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Product

Samsung destroyed in fire. Most likely WA45H7000AW or WA52

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20200221-96358-2147374698

Ownership age

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

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200221-96358-2147374698. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Samsung destroyed in fire. Most likely WA45H7000AW or WA52. Source model text: WA45H7000AW/A2. Incident: February 20, 2020, started a wash which was bedding, heard from the next room shaking and rattling and then sounded like a truck hit a wall. The washer completely moved itself to the center of the room, it was all dented and the lid was rocked off, the inside of the washer all plastic pieces were laying on bedding that was washed. Luckily no animals were injured, or fires were started.

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: 20200221-96358-2147374698. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.