Initially believed to have been part of Samsung's series of unfortunate (and explosive) events, the fiery incident at Segar Road two weeks ago involving one of its washing machines was not due to manufacturer malfunction.
On Nov 9, a mother and her daughter was forced to flee their home after their Samsung washing machine caught on fire. In their unit's kitchen toilet, a woman had been doing her laundry when it got engulfed in flames, burning up the toilet walls, ceiling and air-conditioning pipes.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze soon after, and fortunately no one was hurt.