Whirlpool Corp with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have voluntarily issued a recall for 1.7 million dishwashers due to a fire hazard.

The company has received 12 reports of heating element failures that have resulted in fire which has caused serious fire damage to the dishwashers and in one case, extensive damage to the whole kitchen.

Other brands in the recall include Jenn-Air, Crosley and Amana. The dishwashers were sold from February 2006 to April 2010.

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