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West householders advised to continue using potentially hazardous tumble driers
ITV News can reveal hundreds of people in the West are still waiting for their potentially life-threatening tumble dryers to be repaired by manufacturers. Despite being highlighted as 'potentially dangerous' - owners of faulty Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit machines are still waiting for engineers to inspect and repair their devices
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Devon's woman's battle over potentially hazardous tumble drier
A woman from Barnstaple whose tumble drier caught fire is battling with suppliers who gave her a replacement which is now on a recall list. After Mel Seage's Indesit model was damaged she was given a Hotpoint. But she hasn't used it for three months since the company issued a warning about the way some of its products following reports machines catching fire.
Mel says she has been offered an upgrade at a price of £100. She says she's been spending up to three hours at a time trying to get through to customer services on the phone. With a young family, she's been forced to hang wet clothes around her home.
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Hundreds advised to use tumble dryer despite fire risk
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Hundreds advised to use tumble dryer despite fire risk
ITV News can reveal hundreds of people in the West are still waiting for their potentially life threatening tumble dryers to be repaired.