The appliances can be dangerous because excess fluff can catch in the heating element and cause a fire.
The company believes the remaining 1.6million machines have either been disposed of by customers or are so old that they're no longer used. Jemma Spurr, 33, from Hampshire was at home with three of her children - Amelia, 5, Freddie, 2, and Amber, 1, when her dryer caught fire. Over 1.7million appliances have been modified by the firm to fix a fault, and the company claims that there have been no reports of modifications being uneffective.
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