Comments on: Clothes Dryer May Have Started Fire That Destroyed Gonzalez Garage http://www.northescambia.com/2019/08/fire-destroys-garage-in-gonzalez Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:18:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MMC http://www.northescambia.com/2019/08/fire-destroys-garage-in-gonzalez/comment-page-1#comment-396318 MMC Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:34:39 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=372960#comment-396318 Keep the dryer vent clear of lint. The heating element can become clogged with lint collected and start a fire. The lint should be cleared from inside the back of the dryer through the duct to the outside. An air compressor can help blow the lint out and a wet/dry vac with a long hose can collect some of the lint. My wife and I cleared our vent last year and got a 13 gal trash bag full of lint out. We decided to check on the lint after the dryer was slow in drying our clothes. After doing this, our clothes dried in half the time. Keep the dryer vent clear of lint. The heating element can become clogged with lint collected and start a fire. The lint should be cleared from inside the back of the dryer through the duct to the outside.

An air compressor can help blow the lint out and a wet/dry vac with a long hose can collect some of the lint.

My wife and I cleared our vent last year and got a 13 gal trash bag full of lint out. We decided to check on the lint after the dryer was slow in drying our clothes.

After doing this, our clothes dried in half the time.

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