Urgent warning over common household appliance after two London deaths By DAN WOODLAND and JOHN ELY DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 09:05, 18 November 2024 | Updated: 09:07, 18 November 2024 e-mail View comments A man whose family was killed in a house fire due to a faulty tumble dryer has urged others to check their machines for potential dangers. Pavan Bhatt lost his grandmother Champagauri, 86, and uncle Dipak, 66, in March last year after an electrical fault within the Hotpoint machine sparked a devastating blaze inside their north London home. The 30-year-old was returning from work when a panicked neighbour called to say his home was on fire.
Pavan raced back as fast as he could and found find the house ablaze, with emergency services already on the scene. Sadly his two family members, who both had disabilities, couldn't be saved. They were believed to have been asleep when the fire started and died from smoke inhalation.
Pavan told The Sunday Times: 'When someone buys a tumble dryer, they're not buying it thinking, "I've just put a potential bomb in my house". His case isn't an isolated one. More than 5million dryers under Whirlpool's Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit labels had a design fault that caused at least 750 household fires between 2004 and 2015.
It comes as another common feature of British homes has been linked to deaths — trendy kitchen counter tops. Pavan Bhatt lost his grandmother and uncle in March last year after an electrical fault within a.