We've found that almosthalf (45%) of all fridges, freezers and fridge freezers tested are made of plastic that poses a potential fire risk. While the plastic backing is not the cause of the fire ...

Britain ordered an immediate technical examination of the Hotpoint fridge model to establish whether further action needed to be taken, but said there was no need for owners to switch off their ...

11:56, 23 Jun 2017Updated 11:40, 20 Sep 2018 The Grenfell Tower blaze was started by a Hotpoint fridge-freezer(Image: i-Images Picture Agency) ...

Thousands of people have been urged to contact Hotpoint after police revealed the Grenfell Tower fire started in a faulty fridge-freezer model number FF175BP manufactured by the company.

Fridge freezers caused 7 per cent and 5 per cent were caused by faulty central heating. The Hotpoint fridge freezer model that started the blaze was not one where a fault had been identified by ...

Anyone with a Hotpoint fridge freezer model number FF175BP (white) or FF175BG (grey) is being asked to register their details with the company so it can contact them with further information. Almost ...

Hotpoint said 64,000 units of the same model were made between 2006 and 2009, when they were discontinued, adding that the number in circulation would be lower given the time period involved.

The deadly fire on June 14 last year was probably caused by overheating in the wiring of a Hotpoint fridge freezer in flat 16 Thomas Burrows Published: 9:29, 28 Nov 2018 Updated: 10:50, 28 Nov 2018 ...