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The London Fire Brigade told the BBC that fridge freezers are the most dangerous household appliance when involved in a fire.
BBC: Safety experts call for new guidelines on appliances
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Modern fridge freezers are the most dangerous household appliance when involved in a blaze, a London Fire Brigade (LFB) report has found.
BBC: Fire warning over 'dangerous modern fridge freezers'
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According to figures from the ESC, on average 70 people die and 350, 000 people are seriously injured every year by household items like fridge freezers, gas cookers and washing machines.
BBC: Safety experts call for new guidelines on appliances
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In July LFB warned that up to 500, 000 fridge freezers could pose a fire risk after the brigade found that a fire at a tower block in Bermondsey, south-east London, was caused by a faulty Beko fridge.
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In July, the LFB warned that up to 500, 000 fridge freezers could pose a fire risk after the brigade found that a fire at a tower block in Bermondsey, south-east London, had been caused by a faulty Beko fridge.
BBC: Neasden fire deaths: Chest freezer 'most likely cause'
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He said London Fire Brigade had found defective fridges, freezers and fridge-freezers had caused 191 fires in the past two years, and that defective Whirlpool appliances in particular were found to have caused about 22 fires in the last 12 years.
BBC: The house damaged by the fire
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