Whirlpool recalls half a million tumble dryers from UK homes
(The Guardian Money News)

Appliance manufacturer makes official move four years after fire-risk fault discoveredThe appliance manufacturer Whirlpool will on Monday announce a recall of an estimated 500,000 tumble dryers at risk of bursting into flames - four years after safety concerns in the UK first emerged.The move, which the government ordered in June, marks a dramatic escalation in a long-running controversy over the dryers and the company´s handling of an issue that has left hundreds of thousands of potentially dangerous machines in consumers´ homes. Continue reading...