Consumers who own certain Hotpoint or Indesit washing machines have been urged to check their make and model details carefully after a product recall of more than 500,000 fire-risk appliances was flagged yesterday. An estimated 11,000 washing machines sold in Ireland may be affected. Whirlpool said the issue, which does not affect Whirlpool-branded washing machines, was identified by its safety team and that “no serious injuries have been reported”. Meantime, it advised affected consumers to unplug their washing machines and not use them. You can check online to see if your washing machine is affected on washingmachinerecall.whirlpool.ie.

Source: Irish Examiner December 18, 2019 03:56 UTC