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I hadn't heard of Samsung washing machines exploding before. Catching fire is what they usually do.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/95yearold-woman-rescued-from-samsu... http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/81798360/Thousands...

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200+ since 2010. Even "fixed" machines are bursting into flame, so Australian owners are being urged to go for a return rather than a repair.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-14/samsung-washine-machin...

https://www.choice.com.au/home-and-living/laundry-and-cleani...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3505540/Samsung-face...

http://www.samsung.com/au/washingmachinerecall/

Looking at the affected models, they all seem to have one thing in common: far too much plastic. At least the cabinet is still metal, which helped contain those fires. The cause of the fires is apparently an overheated electrical connection, but on a machine with far less flammable parts all that would happen is probably a little smoke and it'd just stop working.

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