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Panasonic recalls 640,000 washer-dryers over fire risk

Panasonic says the detergent dispenser defect can let leaking detergent and softener stick to internal wiring, so owners should check their model against the recall notice; laundry day just got riskier.

On air: Hank Ledger and Gloria Vance on Should You Be Worried?
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLedger's bodyguard phone is somebody else's problem now.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMine is a washer-dryer, because Panasonic is recalling six hundred forty thousand of them over a fire risk.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPanasonic says a defect in the automatic detergent dispenser can let detergent and softener leak and stick to the internal wiring.

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