How we led on crisis of ‘killers’ in our kitchens
THE Mirror has led the way in exposing the exploding tumble dryer scandal.
We revealed at least 6,000 fires in the UK were linked to the devices in six years.
And we have repeatedly demanded answers from Whirlpool, the firm responsible for 5.3 million dryers sold between 2004 and 2015 which contain a fault that means fluff can catch fire. Our reporters confronted bosses when they flew in to its UK HQ from around the world for emergency talks about the crisis. The US electricals giant has so far refused to disclose when its Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda brands - purchased by Whirlpool in 2014 - first knew about the fault.
Millions of Brits are waiting up to a year for engineers to repair devices as the firm refuses to issue a full product recall.
The Mirror is calling for the Government to introduce a public product recall register.