Clothes dryer fire safety outreach materials

 

Facts about home clothes dryer fires

• 2,900 home clothes dryer fires are reported each year and cause an estimated 5 deaths, 100 injuries, and $35 million in property loss.

• Failure to clean the dryer (34 percent) is the leading cause of home clothes dryer fires.

• More home clothes dryer fires occur in the fall and winter months, peaking in January.    credit U.S FIRE ADMIN.