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It took more than 30 hours for sailors to put out a dryer lint fire aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford last week (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Wow. I knew lint is flammable, but I kinda assumed spontaneous ignition in a dryer was a myth. Good to know.

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago

Oh no it's super flammable. You can make fire starters with that shit. Last week my appointment complex insisted on cleaning out my dryer everything with a really cool vacuum, and I was sick, but let them. Best not to catch the whole building on fire. Yeah it's a risk for sure.