Product
LG WT5101HV
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20220103-05124-2147358197
Ownership age
Not stated
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220103-05124-2147358197. Matched catalog product: LG WT5101HV. Source model text: WT5101H. Incident: While doing a load of laundry, my LG washing machine caught on fire. I could see the flame and my house filled with black smoke. I had an appliance repair person come look at it- the board had caught basically burst into flames.
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