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Registered: 06-02-08
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This kind of pulls off of myth's that have already been done, but here goes anyway.
I have heard that lint build up in a Clothes dryer has caused many fires due to the heat of the dryer and the fact that lint is easily flammable. The Twist is that a person left one of those axe or tag use anywhere aerosol deodorants in their pocket and when put in the dryer something combusted creating an enormous Inferno.
First off, I was wondering whether one of those axe or tag cans could actually combust in dryer.
Secondly whether the lint really burns that easily and if so could that have caused the axe or tag to combust creating this large inferno.
Thirdly do the combined forces really create a rapid fire (maybe like that of the Dry Christmas tree and how there were a few too many lights on it).
I thought this would almost be a public service to caution people about dryer safety and aerosols.
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