A father died saving his children from a blaze caused by a fridge-freezer that the manufacturer knew was a potential fire risk, an inquest heard yesterday. Santosh Benjamin-Muthiah, 36, passed his ...

Some faulty Beko fridge-freezers began catching fire as long ago as 2007, the BBC has learned. Nevertheless most consumers were only warned this week that some of their appliances were potentially ...

An inquest into death of a man who died trying to save his two children from a Beko freezer house fire, has ruled the cause of the blaze was the fridge-freezer. Appliance manufacturer Beko says its ...

A coroner will urge the Government to overhaul consumer safety standards after a father who was able to save his two children died from a fire caused by a faulty fridge-freezer. The man who died, ...

Up to 500,000 fridge freezers could be posing serious fire risks in homes and businesses across the country, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has warned. The LFB said a fire in London last week, which ...

A faulty fridge sparked a blaze which claimed a father’s life after he was forced to leap from a window. John Wilson, who was seriously ill, jumped out of an upstairs room when a Beko fridge freezer ...

POLICE are investigating the death of a dad killed in a fire caused by a Beko fridge – months after the firm was warned they were faulty. Santosh Benjamin-Muthiah, 36, died from a lack of oxygen to ...

Appliances from one of the country’s biggest white goods firms are alleged to have caused the deaths of at least 11 people. Beko is accused of failing to properly warn customers about the risks posed ...

Fran scrutinises over 100 fridges, freezers and fridge freezers a year, to help you know what's hot, and what's – thankfully – not. When your fridge freezer is playing up, you want it working again ...

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