Anyone who owns a toaster has been hit with a warning about dangers many of us probably give little thought to.
While toast is a breakfast staple in households across the country, toasters are a common cause of domestic fires, and these can be started by something as trivial as crumbs.
The bottom of the toaster is often not high on our cleaning to-do lists, but the crumbs that lurk down there are a potential fire hazard.
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The combination of dry breadcrumbs and the extreme heat can cause smoke and even flames. Removing crumbs also keeps your toaster working at its best, and therefore makes it last longer.
Christian Strandoo, product manager at Morphy Richards, told the ECHO: “There are really two types of toaster owners; those that regularly empty their toaster’s crumb tray, and those that don’t even know they existed.”
He added: "The crumb tray sits underneath your toaster and catches errant crumbs so that they don’t build up inside the toaster slots. If you’ve never noticed it before, the crumb tray compartment can usually be opened from the back of the toaster and it will slide out from underneath.
"Some toasters, such as four-slice models, might have more than one tray."
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