Danger! Dryer Fires are Real

Dryer Fire Facts.

An estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an estimated 5 deaths, 100 injuries, and $35 million in property loss. ■ Clothes dryer fire incidence in residential buildings was higher in the fall and winter months, peaking in January at 11 percent. ■ Failure to clean (34 percent) was the leading factor contributing to the ignition of clothes dryer fires in residential buildings. ■ Dust, fiber, and lint (28 percent) and clothing not on a person (27 percent) were, by far, the leading items first ignited in clothes dryer fires in residential buildings. ■ Fifty-four percent of clothes dryer fires in residential buildings were confined to the object of origin.