Dryer Vent Wizard of the Greater Twin Cities | Dryer Vent Cleaning & More

It’s a scary scenario. You’re just doing chores like usual, and you put in a load of laundry into your dryer to dry. The next thing you know, your dryer and dryer hose are on fire! Dryer fires are a very scary and very real problem, and thousands of them happen each year. So how do dryer fires start in Minnesota , and what can you do to try to prevent them? A dryer fire can start when a piece of lint hits the dryer’s heating mechanism. The lint hitting the heater can cause a spark. That spark can then ignite other pieces of lint and debris and cause a fire to break out. It can be like a domino effect, and all it takes is one piece of lint and one spark. From there, the dryer fire can easily spread, even if you don’t have many items around your dryer. For example, if your dryer sits on carpeting, the carpet can ignite. But even if your dryer sits in your basement on concrete floors, the dryer hose and dryer vent can also ignite and spread the fire. So how do you prevent...