Cornwall Fire Service is urging households to check their tumble driers following a recall notice of up to 500,000 Whirlpool tumble dryers which pose a fire safety risk.

It comes four years after Whirlpool issued a warning after it found its Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit dryers had a fault which needed fixing.

The fault was blamed for at least 750 fires over an 11-year period, according to the government.

Whirlpool said safety was its ’number one priority’.

It urged anyone still owning an affected to dryer to contact the company immediately on 0800 151 0905.

To see if you are affected check here -https://safety.hotpoint.eu/country.jsp?lang=en